Hiding Empty Staves |
In a conductor's score, it is common practice to present staves only for those instruments that are playing. For example, if a system in the score displays measures 10 through 14, and the flutes are not playing in these measures, then the conductor's part omits the flute staff in this system. Composer offers an option to Hide Resting Staves, according to this common practice for a conductor's part. If a staff has lyrics, but no notes, Composer will still display the staff. If no staves in a system have notes or lyrics, then Composer displays only the first staff. Composer's option for hiding empty staves works on a per-part basis. Usually, you will want to use the Hide Resting Staves options for the conductor's part, but not other parts. To Hide Resting Staves in the current part.
-- OR -- Type "qhrs" for Quick Hide Resting Staves. To control which staves are hidden in the current part.
Composer will display the Hide Resting Staves dialog, filled out with a list of staves as illustrated below:
In Window View, you have the option of showing or hiding staff controls, which include the Mute and Solo buttons. If you choose to show the staff controls, then you may want to set this check mark: "Do not Hide Resting Staves when staff controls (play, solo, etc.) are shown." If you do not set this check mark, on some pages the staff controls for some staves may be hidden along with the empty staves, so that you will then have no visible means of controlling (muting, etc.) the hidden staff. To change the behavior of hidden empty staves in Window View:
If the staff controls are not visible, then the first option determines the visibility of empty staves regardless of whether you set the second check mark in the Hide Resting Staves dialog or not. For instructions on showing or hiding the staff controls, see Staff Control Buttons. |