Naptastic

• If there is a pickup note at the start then it's easier to create a pickup measure in the wizard than after the fact. But if you forget, it's okay; you can split a measure later and make it work.
• Time signature
  • Most settings are in free time, or just don't need a signature.
• Turn off measure numbers: Format → Style → uncheck Measure Numbers
• Turn off page numbers: Format → Style → Page This option is not here
• Key signature
  • On the left, “Key signatures” is a palette. Drag and drop (I think?)

• add notes
  • It likes to jump octaves when you least expect it. ctrl+up and ctrl+down move the currently-selected note up or down an octave.
  • Tuplets: In Note Entry mode, select a note the total length of the tuplet. (So, for 3 quarter note triplets, select a half note.) Push ctrl+3, then enter the three notes.
  • Fermata: Select the note that gets the fermata. From the “Articulations” palette on the left, double-click the fermata.
• If you add 4 eighth notes, it is likely to bar them all together. To split into two pairs:
  • Select the third note
  • Expand the “Beam Properties” palette
  • double-click the left-most option. Now notes 1-2 should have a bar and notes 3-4 should have a bar.
• add slurs
• delete extra measures: Select and press CTRL + DEL

• If the inspector pane isn't on the left, press F8, or go View → Inspector.
• Select the notes you want to be cue notes
  • (Unfortunately it seems you can't select a range, but you can select all the notes at once with ctrl+click)
• Under Chord check “Small”
• Under Note leave “Small” unchecked

• Select the note immediately after where you want the split
• Tools → Measure → “Split Measure Before Selected Note/Rest”
• Select a note in the measure before the split
• press enter; the lines should be how you want them now.

To make the words easier to fit, you might want to leave the clef, key signature, or time signature out of the slides.

• Have the inspector pane open. (F8 or turn on View → Inspector)
• If it's one thing you want to hide, select it, and un-check “visible” in the Inspector.
• If it's multiple things, select them all, and click the “mark all invisible” button.

These items will show up in gray on the score but they won't be included in the printout

• Set page to A7, landscape
• The default margins (10 mm) are probably sub-optimal.
• Futz with the spacing until you're happy
• Print to a PDF
• Open the PDF in Atril
• Set the zoom to 300%
• Take screenshots

• Paste your screenshot as a new image and set the zoom to 66%.
• use Colors → Curves to increase all values below 240 to 255.

• Select a box around the line. Adjust the “handles” on the selection one by one until
  1. The top and bottom handles touch the top and bottom of the staff
  2. The left and right edges of the either touch or cut off the ends of the staff lines, as appropriate.
  3. If those dimensions cut something off, go back to MuseScore and find a clef that fits the music better.
• Image → Crop To Selection

• (ctrl+shift+E) File → Export As…

Files should be named to this pattern: