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--- fumc:music-slides-workflow [2026/05/02 23:48] – better info about pickup notes and partial measures naptastic
+++ fumc:music-slides-workflow [2026/06/29 17:00] (current) – workflow now allows hiding elements naptastic
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-====Musescore 3====
+=====Musescore 3=====
+====Before Entering Notes====
   * **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
+  * Turn off page numbers: Format -> Style -> Page FIXME This option is not here
   * Key signature
     * On the left, "Key signatures" is a palette. Drag and drop (I think?)
+====Note Entry====
   * 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
+  * delete extra measures: Select and press **CTRL + DEL**
+===Cue Notes===
+  * 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**
+===Splitting a Measure===
+  * 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.
+===Hiding Stuff===
+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
+====Format for exporting====
   * Set page to A7, landscape
   * FIXME The default margins (10 mm) are probably sub-optimal.
   * Futz with the spacing until you're happy
-  * To split a measure in the middle:
+  * Print to a PDF
-    * Select the note immediately after where you want the split
+  * Open the PDF in Atril
-    * Tools -> Measure -> "Split Measure Before Selected Note/Rest"
+  * Set the zoom to 300%
-    * Select a note in the measure before the split
+  * Take screenshots
-    * press enter; the lines should be how you want them now.
-  * Set zoom to 400% and take a screenshot.
-====GIMP====
+=====GIMP=====
+====Fix colors====
   * Paste your screenshot as a new image and set the zoom to 66%.
   * use Colors -> Curves to increase all values below 240 to 255.
+====Crop====
   * Select a box around the line. Adjust the "handles" on the selection one by one until
-    - The top and bottom **handles** touch the top and bottom of the staff
+    - The top and bottom **handles** touch the top and bottom of the **staff**
-    - The left and right edges of the **selection** either touch or cut off the ends of the staff lines, as appropriate.
+    - The left and right **edges** of the either touch or cut off the ends of the staff lines, as appropriate.
+    - If those dimensions cut something off, go back to MuseScore and find a clef that fits the music better.
   * Image -> Crop To Selection
+====Export====
   * (ctrl+shift+E) File -> Export As...
 Files should be named to this pattern: FIXME