Combine staves into a single staff with two voices
As explained at http://www.musescore.org/en/handbook/voices, "The MuseScore implementation of voices in 0.9.4 is not yet complete and subject to change."
Question: Is there yet a way to combine two staves into a single staff with two voices? I have tried unsuccessfully to paste from one staff into another after clicking the voice 2 button, but the paste replaces the whole staff instead of adding to it.
Tom Haws
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Yes it is possible.
Decide which staff you want to turn into the voice 2 notes. Select those notes and from the main menu choose Edit > Voices > Exchange Voices 1-2.
Now select the voice 1 notes and copy them
Paste the voice 1 notes over the voice 2 notes.
In reply to Combining staves into a single staff with two voices by David Bolton
Thank you, David. I take it from your presence here that you decided to run with Musescore? I really appreciated the evaluation at your personal site http://davidbolton.info/articles/musescore_review.html . I will reply again to confirm once I get a chance to test the solution. But it makes sense.
Tom
In reply to I appreciated your evaluation. You chose Musescore? by hawstom
I tried your solution, David, and it seems it should work. But when I paste from the voice 1 staff onto the voice 2 staff, the notes get replaced, not supplemented. I can't get this to work not matter what I try. The notes I replace simply overwrite the ones that are already there.
In reply to Pasting to voice 2 staff from voice 1 staff replaces notes by hawstom
It worked with the small sample I tried earlier but it did not work properly when I tried it again today. It looks like the notes are replaced if the start at the same time. I guess MuseScore can't do this after all.
In reply to It worked with the small by David Bolton
Too bad that doesn't work. Of course Musescore needs to be able to combine two staves. Is there somewhere you know of I should submit this?
In reply to That's too bad. Should I submit it? by hawstom
The forums are read by the developers so there is not need to submit it elsewhere.
In reply to The forums are read by the by David Bolton
Could you put an update at your web site about your experience with Musescore? I sent you an email. Did you get it?
Tom