Adding notes in a Piano score below G
I am trying for the life of me to add in a note in the treble cleff that should allow me to add an E flat below middle C but it seems to want to go automatically straight to bass cleff, adding a higher pitch. I don't want that, I want the lower note - any suggestions?
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type your note in the treble cleff, then move it with the directional arrow
I suspect you are using the mouse to add these notes. If you get too close to the other staff, MS has no way of knowing that you want it on the other staff. So;
you can enter using the keyboard and then use CTRL+UP/DOWN arrows to change the position. OR:
change the distance of the staves so there is more room OR:
Zoom in, apparently gaining distance between staves.
In reply to I suspect you are using the by xavierjazz
Thank you! Also, can you tell me if it possible to add a secondary part in the treble cleff for piano without having to change the instrument to voices - i.e adding a counter melody below the main part but not in the bass line.
In reply to Thank you! Also, can you tell by muso_uk
You either need a separate staff or a separate voice. Voices are not that difficult once you understand them. A voice can demonstrate a different rhythmic impulse on the same staff. A voice can be only for one bar. A voice must resolve itself in time, ergo, rests are suddenly in the 2nd voice. Individual rests can be selected, either individually or as a group, then, through right-click, set invisible for clarity
Before you select the voice number that you want to use, you must be in "write" mode, shown by a "cursor" in a bar and the fact that the mouse cursor has changed and reflects the note to be deposited at the other cursor.
At that point, you can select a voice number and it will be active. The colour of the initial cursor will change colour to the corresponding voice.
Regards,
In reply to Thank you! Also, can you tell by muso_uk
To be clear: you need the *feature* called "voices". This is a musical term that has nothing to do with actually changing the instrument to sound like a human voice. Piano music uses multiple voices all the time - that's the normal musical term for what you are describing: lines with different rhythms at the same time on the same staff.
In reply to Thank you! Also, can you tell by muso_uk
See Voices
Hi,
Thank you for that info too - very handy!