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Originally Posted by happilyeverrandom
PrintMusic says you can have sheet music up to 24 staves. To me, that sounds kinda short. Or is that just me? What if I've come up with a 7 minute piece and it needs like 50 staves or something?
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24 staves:
2 flutes
2 oboes
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
(that makes 4)
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones and tuba
(that makes an extra 6)
timpani
a couple of percussion
(2-4 more staves)
a string section
(5 staves)
That makes a total of around 19 staves for a full symphony orchestra.
Even my very largest work, for double chorus, full symphony with woodwinds by 3s, piano, harp, and massive percussion section, doesn't take up 50 staves.
Are you maybe confusing the term "staves" with "systems"?
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