Problems with beams - Drum notation -- SOLVED

• Apr 25, 2025 - 18:16

I started using MuseScore earlier this year for drum notation, and was really liking it. However with the last update (4.5.1) I started getting really weird results with beaming, none of which used to happen. A few of the side effects:

  • Choosing "Reset beams" for measures in that time signature doe not reset the beams to that default pattern.
  • The "Join Beams" button (formerly "Middle beam") no longer seems to work
  • Rests get inserted into my score all over the place, even where a note has been placed

I finally figured out that the issue is with "voices." If I set every note to Voice 1, it's all good. I'm not sure why certain drum instruments are now set to either voice 1 or voice 2 -- I thought that in the past, they were always Voice 1 by default. But I see that I can edit the default voice for any instrument in my preferences.

Hopefully this helps someone who has been struggling with this issue.

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