Align Notes

• Jun 23, 2015 - 20:53

Hi there,

I would like to arrange all notes from bar to bar so that they exactly match the same place.

In the attachement you can see that the the Bass Drum Note on 2+ changes its place from bar to bar.
How can I make the notes align to the same place in every bar so that the look is more consistent?

Thank you!


Comments

Easiest way would be to create scores like this using a single measure with multiple staves, rather than a single staff with multiple measures. Then the normal rules of music notation would kick in and align everything for you.

Another possibility would be to add a bunch of invisible rests in an unusued voice (eg, 4) to force a "least common denominator" to the spacing. In the version I have attached, I used eighth rests for the first three beats of each measure, sixteenths for the last. I entered it into the first measure, then used the Select Filter to copy and paste just voice 4 to the others.

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I agree with the single measure, multiple staves approach (even though I applaud the devious method of adding hidden rests) as you can give each stave a separate "Instrument name" which easily places the numbers to the left of the staves.

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