Note duration not being respected
I'm relatively new to Musescore, so my problem may sound dumb.
My song has 2 piano voices (treble) added manually by going into "Instruments", clicking on piano and deleting the bass. It seems that both voices share note durations. For example, I want a half note in voice 1. At the same time, I want voice 2 to be playing eighth notes. When I hit the play button, the half note in voice 1 takes the duration of the first note being played on that compass in voice 2, that is, an eighth note. I just discovered this by testing cause I could not find a reason for the note stopping. I just change the voice 2 to be a quarter note and the half note in voice 1 stops later. I have no idea why this happens.
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices
Use a Piano, change the clef https://musescore.org/en/handbook/clefs
Better attach the .mscz file.
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Shoichi
If I understood correctly, I must change the clef to modificate the duration of notes in the same compass but in different staffs (not voices). I'm not using voices at all.
In reply to If I understood correctly, I… by isaaclr1
(treble) added manually by going into "Instruments", clicking on piano and deleting the bass
I think it would be better to leave the instrument as it is and change the clef (left hand).
Attach the *.mscz file and someone will take a look at it
In reply to If I understood correctly, I… by isaaclr1
I think there are terminology issues, you really need to attach the score.
I suspect that you have actually 2 treble staves and not voices. And probably one of them is a linked staff. If that's the case you need to delete the second, new, staff and create a new piano treble staff, but not a linked one this time. But might be I misunderstood you.
In reply to I suspect that you have… by Camille Reynders
Click "Add Staff" instead of "Add linked staff"
In reply to Click "Add Staff" instead of… by Camille Reynders
That was actually the problem. Thank you so much! Also, I want to thank everyone for their attention and support.
In reply to I suspect that you have… by Camille Reynders
You can't put a half note and 8th note on the same beat in the same voice in linked staffs. Perhaps two voices in link staves but notes from both voices would show on both staves.