Hello all.
I'm looking for advice on how to create a layout for a choral score. In my composition, there are times when the music is SATB in unison, times when there are 4 parts in homophonic texture, and times when the 4 parts have a polyphonic texture. I have composed the music with a separate staff for each vocal part, but for the final layout I would like to use the following staff arrangements in different sections of the piece:
SATB unison: 1 staff (1 stem per note)
SATB homophonic: 2 staves (1 SA, 1 TB with different stem directions for S/A and T/B)
SATB polyphonic: 4 staves (as is)
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Jim
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combining choral parts into fewer staves
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There are different ways to do it. I usually have SATB staves, then use the Soprano for the single staff unison, and the S and B staves for 2 staff combined (SA on the S staff, TB on the B staff). There are other ways, but that works for me. In the places where the staves are 1 or 2, hide the empty unneeded staves using Hide Empty Staves in the Staff tool.
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Thanks, Zuill,
When you implode the S and A staves onto S, for example, do you know if there is a way to maintain S stem up and A stem down?
When you implode the S and A staves onto S, for example, do you know if there is a way to maintain S stem up and A stem down?
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I generally don't need to implode, as I enter the notes as I go, so nothing to implode. If you have already entered the S and A on separate staves, you might want to use the JW Staff Polyphony plugin instead, which is available for download from Jari Williamsson's website.
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I’ll check that out. Thanks!
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Or, if you put one staff in layer one, and the other in layer two, they will pick up the correct stem direction when you combine the staves. Use Show Active Layer Only to avoid overwriting.
But as Zuill says, Jari's plugin makes it easy.
But as Zuill says, Jari's plugin makes it easy.
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