Change abbreviated staff name temporarily

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Post by amandalowry » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:29 am

Hello,

I'm trying to change the abbreviated staff name for a percussion part but just for a few pages, not for the whole score. I looked at doing it in the score manager but that effects the entire score. I'm changing from timpani to gongs, so I want it to say gongs just for a page or two.

Normally I'd do this by actually changing the instrument under the utilities menu, but when I do this it changes to a single line staff, which is no good as I am using specific pitches for my gongs. So alternatively if somebody can explain to me how to adjust the style for gongs (I figured out how to make it a five line staff, but it still will only let me uses certain pitches which are assigned to various non-pitched instruments). Please help!!

Thanks :)
-Amanda


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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:29 pm

You can change the Abbreviated Staff Name via a custom Staff Style:
Staff menu > Define Staff Styles…

Apply your custom Staff Style to the measures where needed.
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Post by amandalowry » Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:03 pm

Thanks Peter, that did it!

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Post by carlvaud » Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:44 pm

I know this is an old thread but, i tried to do the steps above and couldn't get my abbreviated staff name to temporarily change.

I do know that i have to apply the staff style to the desired measure once the staff style has been created in the "define staff style" window.

Could a kind soul post a step by step on how you'd do it? Thanks

PS. i attached the staff style window for the new style i created. If you see something wrong let me know, thanks.
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Post by N Grossingink » Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:57 pm

Check "Staff Name in Score".

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Post by carlvaud » Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:22 am

Thanks Grossingink!
I had to hide the default abbreviated staff name, then apply the new staff style at every first measure of each page. Bingo!
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