Hiding/Showing tacets

You can hide/show tacets in each layout independently, for example, if you want to show empty bars or multi-bar rests in some layouts to allow those players to add in notes on those staves later.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
  2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show tacets.

    By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. Click Players in the page list.
  4. In the Tacets section, activate/deactivate Show tacet for flows where no players are assigned.
  5. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Tacets are shown in the selected layouts when Show tacet for flows where no players are assigned is activated and the player is not assigned to the flows in which they do not play.

When it is deactivated, any flows to which the player is not assigned do not appear in the layout. When the player is assigned to those flows, all bars in the flow are shown in the part, split into empty bars and multi-bar rests as appropriate for the flow.

Tip

If your project contains many short flows, which appear in part layouts as a single multi-bar rest labelled Tacet, showing all the bars separately can help make the length of flows clearer. You can do this by increasing the value for Minimum number of bars in flow to show ‘Tacet’ on the Rests page in Engrave > Engraving Options.