Enter 2nd voice where it exists only for half of the measure
I followed the instruction on https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices.
My situation is not covered by the example. I have a 4/4 measure. The first half of the measure has only 1 voice, while the second half has two voices. How can I enter this?
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Enter a 2nd voice in the whole measure, then delete it in the first half.
Click on an empty part of the measure, press N then [Ctrl][Alt]2
(you are now in Note Entry, 2nd Voice)
Enter a half-note rest and then your notes
Make the rest in the first half of the bar invisible by clicking on it and pressing V
I prefer to make rests invisible rather than deleting them since it makes later corrections to the score easier and i find it easier to read. They don't show up on the printed score and you can hide/unhide all invisible marks on screen.
In reply to Click on an empty part of… by underquark
I also find this to be the best solution: hide the rests by removing the tick in the Inspector for "visible" or pressing v. — don't delete them.
In reply to I also find this to be the… by [DELETED] 28364923
There's also an option in staff properties that might be helpfull: Merge matching rests
In reply to There's also an option in… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo_Schmitz, could you please tell the person responsible for the Handbook, to update the section "Staff/Part properties", the image of the window and describe what the option "Merge matching rests" does?
In reply to Jojo_Schmitz, could you… by [DELETED] 28364923
The handbook is a community effort, anyone can edit it.
"Merge matching rests" collapses rests of different voices with the same the duration and at the same "beat" into just one.
In reply to The handbook is a community… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ah, nice!
I would, but I don't quite know what this feature does, as nothing changed in my score when I activated it.
In reply to Ah, nice! I would, but I don… by [DELETED] 28364923
Of course it does nothing if there are no matching rests
In reply to Jojo_Schmitz, could you… by [DELETED] 28364923
Done
In reply to Done by Jojo-Schmitz
@Jojo... See if OK:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/staff-part-properties
(image and text change)
In reply to Jojo... See if OK: https:/… by Jm6stringer
Thanks, much better than my attempt ;-)
In reply to Jojo... See if OK: https:/… by Jm6stringer
thank you. Brilliant!