Trouble with Multiple Voices
Hello, I'm fairly new to MuseScore, and I'm having trouble with composing two voices in the same staff. I have read just about every post on this forum about voices-related problems (including the section of the Handbook that covers Voices), and I am still having trouble.
What happens is I compose my Voice 1 line, then, making sure I am still in notation-mode, I select Voice 2. A green bar appears before the first beat in the measure, and sometimes I am able to compose in Voice 2 for the first beat, but if I try to go beyond that first beat, it switches back to Voice 1. Sometimes the "note cursor" will snap to only rests in Voice 2.
Am I missing something, or is this a glitch? My harmonies are very boring without being able to split sections, so I would very much like to remedy this problem! ;)
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I forgot to mention that when I "go beyond the first beat," and it switches back to Voice 1, when I re-select Voice 2, I am returned back to the first beat. Thus the cycle.
In reply to Oh, and yes... by Szpilman
Could you attach a score to demonstrate this issue ? Which version of MuseScore are you using ?
In reply to Could you attach a score to by [DELETED] 5
FWIW, I've seen this sort of thing in the nightly builds. but never in 1.0.
In reply to Could you attach a score to by [DELETED] 5
File attached. I am using MuseScore 1.0. In "new scores" besides this particular one, the voices work fine, and I'm not sure why this particular score is being affected so.
In reply to File attached. I am using by Szpilman
I just tried adding some quarter notes in voice 2 to the first measures of the soprano part (after the rests) and had no difficulty. Is there a specific series of steps you need to follow to reproduce the problem?
In reply to I just tried adding some by Marc Sabatella
Hm. That didn't work for me, but I managed to work around the problem somewhat. Most of the parts where I desired to split sections happened on the first beat, conveniently! :) I'm not really sure how I into this problem, otherwise I would tell you how. Thank you, anyway!
In reply to Hm. That didn't work for me, by Szpilman
Are you saying that even in that first measure where I mentioned trying it, it failed for you? Or did you try it somewhere else? Is there a measure where it happens every time? Are you changing voices and entering notes by clicking or using keyboard shortcuts?
In reply to Hm. That didn't work for me, by Szpilman
After reading your posts again, I think there is a misunderstanding. If you want the second voice to start on beat 2, you need to enter a rest on beat 1 in the second voice. Use the 0 key on your computer keyboard, then the cursor will move to beat 2 and you can enter more music. Don't use the arrow key to move on beat 2 or indeed MuseScore will switch back to voice 1.
In reply to After reading your posts by [DELETED] 5
Ah, I'll bet you're right! And note if you don't want to *see* the rest for some reason, you can mark it invisible later. But you definitely need to enter it.
In reply to Ah, I'll bet you're right! by Marc Sabatella
Ah, yes, that was it! Thank you, everyone!