SATB Closed Score- Cannot eliminate extra rests after inserting SATB parts
When using SATB closed score, after adding soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts there is a bunch of rests left showing in the bass clef staff. In the past I could select all the same elements in the staff and delete. This would cause the rests to be muted and when I printed music, these would not print. With Musescore 3, I cannot get these rests to mute or delete. The select all the same elements does highlight them, but to cut or delete does not work. Any suggestions?
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Please attache the score, you've trouble with.
Works fine for me (selecting a rest, right click->select->more... "same voice" and "same staff") and deleting the selection (or better select it invisible inside the inspector or via shortcut "v").
You should add the tenor part in voice 1 in the bass clef and the bass part in voice 2 in the bass clef. MuseScore forces you to have either rests or notes in voice 1 to fill the measure with the correct duration. Voices are a per-staff property and you should start again at voice 1 for each new staff you have.
In reply to You should add the tenor… by Louis Cloete
Thank you!!! So very helpful. I have been using Musescore for several years and did not know this. I am not a computer geek but have worked in music for years, I love using Musescore for many applications in church music. Thanks again!!
Rests are mute by definition. I guess you mean invisible?
I furthermore guess you are using voices 1 and 2 in the top staff for soprano and alto (which is OK) but voice 3 and 4 in bottom staff for tenor and bass, which is wrong, use voice 1 and 2 there too and no excess rests should show, voice 1 is always there, even if only as rests.
In reply to Rests are mute by definition… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you. I have never understood why these rests appear in the bass cleff when using voices 3 & 4. I will do as you say. Thanks again!
In reply to Thank you. I have never… by sandykaye
That's why it is explicitly mentiond in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices ;-)
In reply to That's why it is explicitly… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the reference link.