rests appear in measures that are full of music
I've written a 3-voice score for soprano, tenor and bass. In the tenor and bass, the rests that appear in a blank score still appear in every measure, even when filled with music. The rests that appear in a blank score even appear when my written music contains rests. I've tried un-selecting "show invisible" but the rests still appear in voices 2 and 3 when printed. Is there a way to print my composition without the initial blank score rests appearing underneath the notes?
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If the rests that appear are of Voice 2 (or 3/4) select them all and press delete.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices#hidden-spacer-rests
Attach here your score if you want
In reply to If the rests that appear are by Shoichi
Thank you. I have tried selecting and deleting, I've tried selecting and 'v', both to no avail.
I did just find that selecting each rest individually, right-clicking and selecting "set invisible" works, but it's a lot of work. I don't understand why the full measure rests don't disappear when music is entered, like they do in voice 1.
In reply to Thank you. I have tried by Gillian Inksetter
Could you attach here your score?
use the "File attachments" option at the bottom of the page, just above the Save and Preview buttons when you're typing your post.
In reply to Could you attach here your by Shoichi
Here's an older one, as an example. See the bass part. I didn't attach the newer one because I found a way to fix it.
My guess - you used voices 2 & 3 for tenor and bass. Don't do that. Always use voice 1 first for each staff, then 2. You have up to four voices *per staff*, and you always need to start from voice 1.
In reply to My guess - you used voices 2 by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. I'm not sure I understand how I would get a score with each part on its own line if I don't use voices 2 and 3?
I also still don't understand why the full measure rests don't go away when a measure is filled with music.
In reply to Thank you. I'm not sure I by Gillian Inksetter
The rests/notes in voice1 will always appear. Voice one is a constant.
Every separate stave can have up to 4 voices.
There is a confusion on your part to the meaning of voices in MS.
See the handbook under voices https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices.
That should help.
Regards,
In reply to The rests/notes in voice1 by xavierjazz
Ok. I'm referring to a staff, then. Is it that each staff can have voice 1?
In reply to The rests/notes in voice1 by xavierjazz
Thank you, I get it!
In reply to Thank you. I'm not sure I by Gillian Inksetter
To be clear: you can have as many staves as you want. A score for orchestra might easily have 30 or more. Each of those staves can have up to four voices. Most staves won't need for than one voice, so it will be voice 1 for each staff. But if you elect to combine two parts onto a single staff - as you are doing with tenor and bass, or an orchestra might do with the two flute parts - then you would use voices 1 & 2. Multiple voices are also used in music for piano, guitar, and other instruments that can play more than one note at a time, to allow multiple independent rhythms going on at once.
As for full measure rests going away, they *do* go away when the measure is filled with music - if you fill voice 1. If you only fill voice 2, 3, or 4, then the rest is still shown in voice 1 to indicate that whatever is going on in that voice is indeed resting. So if you have a measure where bass (voice 2) sings but tenor (voice 1) does not, the rest for the tenor is present, exactly as you would normally expect.
In reply to To be clear: you can have as by Marc Sabatella
Thank you again. As I said, I figured it out from your first explanation.