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Notation reference
Staves
A staff is a line or group of lines on which musical notes are notated to indicate the pitch and rhythm of music. Pitched instruments use the traditional five-line staff and unpitched instruments often use a single-line staff.
Deleting extra/ossia staves
You can delete extra and ossia staves so they are no longer shown in any layout, but without automatically deleting the music on them. For example, if you had previously added extra staves for a passage but no longer want them.

Deleting extra/ossia staves

You can delete extra and ossia staves so they are no longer shown in any layout, but without automatically deleting the music on them. For example, if you had previously added extra staves for a passage but no longer want them.

Procedure

In Write mode, select the signposts at the start/end of the extra/ossia staves you want to delete.
Press Backspace or Delete.

Result

The selected extra/ossia staves are removed and no longer appear in any layouts in which that player appears.

Note

If you delete staves without deleting the music on them, that music still exists and is included in playback. If you later add staves at the same position, the music reappears.