Logic Pro 9 Different Staff Sizes- Score Editor

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Christopher Pratt

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I get really confused at the difference between staff styles and score sets. If I edit a staff style, particularly relating to space above and space below , it seems to change the parameters equally for all the regions in the track "segment" even though I want it to apply to only one region in one track. For notation sometimes one needs more space below/above depending on the tessitura of the instruments/voices or whether there are text lyrics inserted underneath the notes.

Is it possible to have different staff sizes in one full score? I've got a choral setting which needs a large font for the singers but the piano accompaniment doesn't need the same vertical space or notation size as far as the singers are concerned- but it's good for them to see it-- and vice versa for the pianist. She wants the notation big but doesn't need the lyric fonts at the same size as the singers.

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No problems with you being shameless 🙂. Bet you didn't publish the book as East/West Lurker. I'd quite like to buy it but I'll need to know the author's name and by whom it is published. Also- is it available in the UK?
 
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I get really confused at the difference between staff styles and score sets
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Staff styles are the look of a staff associated a region or regions. Clef type, staff size, polyphony, etc.

Score sets are a collection of staffs (staves?) that can be modified by content and look (braces, bar lines, order of parts, etc)

If I edit a staff style, particularly relating to space above and space below , it seems to change the parameters equally for all the regions in the track "segment" even though I want it to apply to only one region in one track.
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The thing you might be missing is that every region that shares a staff style with another region will be affected by the same adjustments. You should create a unique staff style for each part.

Is it possible to have different staff sizes in one full score?
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Yes, as well as different text font size and style for lyrics and cues, etc.

EastWest Lurker's book is a good product, I've a video series over at Groove3.com on the Score Editor if you're a video guy. Some people collect the set...
 
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Doug Zangar said:
The thing you might be missing is that every region that shares a staff style with another region will be affected by the same adjustments. You should create a unique staff style for each part.
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Most of the time, but if a different staff style starts and ends on a line, then it's quite possible.

I often mix staff styles within a part, it does look wrong if the switch half way through a line, but as long as you fix the line breaks it's OK.

I sometimes have a staff style with extra large space at the top for the first line of a coda, it's a workaround to get the score a bit easier to follow.
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Christopher Pratt said:
No problems with you being shameless 🙂. Bet you didn't publish the book as East/West Lurker. I'd quite like to buy it but I'll need to know the author's name and by whom it is published. Also- is it available in the UK?
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Jay Asher for Cengage. You can find it on Amazon.

I'm a book learner type of guy so I write books, but Doug's video stuff is excellent.
 
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