Format error if 2 whole notes in 2 voices in one staff
If I have 2 voices in one staff, and each voice have a whole note, both notes are displayed after eachother. In print and PDF they are shown as 2 whole notes (in one measure).
For notes with a stem 2 stems indicate that there are 2 voices. Agreed, if they overlay you wouldn't see both voices anyway.. But, it looks odd to see 2 notes.
Is this an error, or is this expected behaviour?
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1.3 on Vista: if I enter the notes as in your example I get the overlap of whole notes. Unless, intentionally, I move them.
See: http://musescore.org/en/node/24622
It's expected and correct - otherwise one of the musicians involved would be not sure if they were supposed to play or not. But you can of course always mark one invisible, which will cause them to merge. Or use the Inspector to explicitly set the "Head type" to "Whole". That's a useful trick for allowing a half note and eighth note with opposing stems to share a notehead, for example. I don't recommend it here, though - I think it pretty important to show both notes if this is really parts for two musicians. If it's a piano part, you could also of course simply not enter the voice 2 note.
In reply to It's expected and correct - by Marc Sabatella
I believe there is another possibility: if the second voice is absent we will see the corresponding rest (or not?)
In reply to I believe there is another by Shoichi
That would be the doubt in the player's mind. Presence of the second note makes it obvious he is supposed to play. Presence of the rest makes it obvious he is not. Presence of neither leaves him unsure.
In reply to It's expected and correct - by Marc Sabatella
I looked at various professional (bought) music our choir owns, and have only discovered one full note in cases like this. Anyway, I'll just make the second voice invisible.
Thanks for clarifying.