With lots of instruments on a small page, or with too large a staff size, the staves may have to
squash very close together (or even overlap!). To alleviate this, simply pick a larger page size (or a
smaller staff size).
Here are some recommended paper and staff sizes:
* Keyboard, songs, solo instrument: Letter/A4, 0.25–0.3”/6–7mm staves
* Orchestral/band scores: Letter/Tabloid/A4/A3, 0.1–0.2”/3–5mm staves
* Parts: Letter/Concert/A4/B4, 0.25–0.3”/6–7mm staves
* Choral music: Letter/A4 or smaller, 0.2”/5mm staves
* Books for beginners: Letter/A4, 0.3–0.4”/8–10mm staves
All these page sizes are portrait format; landscape format is seldom used, except for organ,
marching band and brass band music.
You’ll find that published music often doesn’t correspond exactly to any standard paper size. If you
want to use a page size other than the ones provided in this list, you can specify any width or height
you like in the Document Setup dialog – see Document Setup dialog below.