Enter notes with different duration on same beat?
Hello,
I am a newbie, so it may be a pretty straightforward question, but I couldnt find an answer quickly, nor did I could solve it by some tinkering:
I want to enter two notes in one measure and these two notes have different time lengths. They start on the first beat. One is 4 beats, the other 3.
Musescore doesnt approve of my way of wanting to entering those :) So what is the correct way to achieve such?
Thanks.
Comments
Each note has to be associated with a different voice. If you were writing multiple parts on the same staff, instrument 1 would be voice 1 and instrument 2 would be voice 2 etc. so they can have independent durations. Situations occur where this is necessary for even a single instrument such as a piano or guitar where one note can be "held" while other notes are played.
From the handbook:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices
In reply to Voices by Zoots
That was what I was searching for. Thank you. It'll probably took some time were I to be discovering it on my own.
In reply to Voices by Zoots
5 year ago you mentioned it and it helped me now :D
Thank you!
In reply to 5 year ago you mentioned it… by Carrie Kopczinski
It still is the FAQ after all these years
In reply to 5 year ago you mentioned it… by Carrie Kopczinski
Same with me
In reply to Voices by Zoots
Thank you so much! (6 years later :D )
In reply to Voices by Zoots
Helped so much (7 years later)
9.5 years later, this remains helpful. This question will persist through the ages, helping my children and theirs. Thank you, noble musescore user.
In reply to 9.5 years later, this… by lenharpster
Do use the much-improved Version 3 version: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
Hello
I know this is late - about 7 years so, but the information in the replies are not complete and this is something that I had to dig around to work out.
Everything said is correct, you cannot write two separate music lines on the same stave - unless they the same note lengths for each note. But there is two ways around the issue.
1)
You can use some interesting tied notes to get what you want -but this does not give you a neat score.
I have used this when there is only a few bars of music where the note lenghts don't agree.
2).
What you can do is write two lines of music ( voices ) and then combine them.
(See link https://musescore.org/en/node/12345)
I hope this is helpful.
In reply to Hello I know this is late -… by Malcolm Gamble
Sorry- I just realise this was answered correctly by the first respondant -my apologises for repeating.
Almost 12 years later and super useful. Thank you so much you!!!!!
In reply to Almost 12 years later and… by crismazz
12 years later and it helps me a lot! (although I did have to do some guesswork on my own)