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There are three basic ways to space music, which can be used in combination
with each other.
The first is to use engraver spacing. Select Engraver Spacing from the
Display Score dialog. When engraver spacing is used, notes are spaced
by their appearance, not by their durations. With engraver spacing, a
whole note will take up much less space than four groups of thirty-second
notes. Engraver spacing does not affect the placement of bar lines or
the number of bars in a line.
The next is to adjust the placement of bar lines and the number of bars
in each line.
The simplest way to adjust the placement of bar lines and the number
of bars in each line is to let QuickScore Elite do the job. Choose the
Space Music dialog from the Display menu, set the density you want (the
number of 16th notes that would appear on a line at the density you have
selected will be shown) and click on OK. The placement of bar lines and
the number of bars in each line will be adjusted based on the density
of music in each bar and each line. You can choose to only space bar lines
or bars per line, and you can select a range of bars instead of your whole
piece, but it is worth having QuickScore Elite do everything, at least
the first time.
The adjustment of bar lines can be done by hand using the spacing tool
(on the far right in the tool bar). The number of bars in a line can be
changed line by line by putting the cursor in the first bar of the line
and selecting the Display Bar dialog and setting the Bars per Line value.
You can also set the number of bars per line globally by setting it in
the Display Score dialog.
Finally, you can move individual notes around without affecting their
timing using the spacing tool. Use this technique to adjust the few notes
that still aren't in the right place. (The second method of drawing quarter
note triplets described earlier is an example of using the spacing tool
to adjust note spacing.)
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