reverting from multiple voices to single voice notation in selected measure(s)
Hi, very much enjoying working on arrangements on my newfound musescore program. Also all the answers that are found online are so helpful.
Just stuck on how to revert from multiple (two) voices in one measure back to one voice in the same measure, having experimented with two voices and decided that single voice is preferable (in a section of the viola line of a string quartet piece). I looked online but there doesn't seem to be anything addressing the issue. Is it even possible?
Also, not having found anything relevant, I tried 'undoing' all the multiple-voice notes that I'd inputted, by using (ctrl+z) one at a time, but undo wouldn't work either. Whenever I tried to apply undo, it simply highlighted the number 2 in top right hand corner of the program window, ie the 2 that signifies voice number 2. This I found concerning as, had I needed to undo a bunch of commands/inputs prior to the multiple voices that I inputted, I couldn't have done so. Is this correct, or am I missing something (fundamentally simple)?
Thanks, Aidan.
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Select a note of the voice you want to delete. Right click. Then click Select/More/Same voice. All the notes in that voice are selected to do with as you want.
In reply to Select a note of the voice… by bobjp
I tried that and deleted all notes in that voice (2nd voice), but it left a bunch of rests in place of all the notes that were present, meaning multiple-voice mode is still active. Is there no way of reverting back from multiple-voice mode to single voice mode in the selected measures?
In reply to I tried that and deleted all… by ajmu
(I tried deleting the rests using the same method but no joy)
In reply to (I tried deleting the rests… by ajmu
You can delete voice 2 rests, not voice 1, because voice 1 always needs to be complete. but if you''ve gotten yourself into a situation where you have everything in voice 1 and voice 1 is now rests, use Tools / Voices / Exchange Voice 1-2.
In reply to You can delete voice 2 rests… by Marc Sabatella
very odd, I just tried deleting the rests (they were all voice 2) using bob's method and it worked this time. No idea why it didn't work last time, maybe the computer or I am going a little mad. Thanks.
In reply to (I tried deleting the rests… by ajmu
Interesting. I just tried removing voice 2 rests using the same method and it worked fine.
In reply to Interesting. I just tried… by bobjp
yeah I just tried it again there out of interest and it worked this time. No idea what I did different before, if anything. Thanks!
Hard to say for sure without seeing the score 0 attaching your MSCZ file always allows us to understand and assist better. But if I'm guessing right about what you are looking at, Tools / Implode would do what you want here.
As for undo, I'm guessing you simply didn't undo far enough 0 there were probably some intermediate steps you simply forgot about that were being undone. Keep pressing it long enough and eventually you get all the back to a completely empty score. Or at least the score as it was when you opened it, if you closed and reopened the score after the initial creation. but here again, if you believe you have a case where undo is doing something other than it should, attaching the actual score - along with precise step to reproduce the problem - will allow us to understand and assist better.
This helps so much! Thank you