what advantage to multiple voices?
What advantage is there to having drums and/or instruments in different voices in musescore?
Why can't all be in just one voice?
Don't they sound the same?
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In the case of drums, it's easier to read in many cases if you can see the rhythms independently. So you can read the part for the hands separately from the feet. That's not a MuseScore thing - it's how drum notation works.
For instruments like piano or guitar, multiple voices are normally used only when it's not possible to notate it without them. Again, not some arbitrary limitation of MuseScore, it's just how music notation works. For instance, if you want one finger to sustain whole note while the other fingers play quarters, that's just not possible to notate without multiple voices.
In reply to In the case of drums, it's… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks!
I was really confused about this.
This makes perfect sense and perfectly answers my question.
I am especially grateful also that I did not have to wait long at all
for an answer, Thanks again!
I work with scores which contain multiple instruments in the same part, such as both first and second clarinets. In a particular measure, the first clarinet may be playing 4 eighth notes, while the second clarinet is playing half notes. Using two voices is the only way I have found to get it all in the same measure.
Is there a better way of doing this or is this question speaking of something else?
In reply to I work with scores which… by Chris_Clawson
That is indeed another use for multiple voices. As for a "better" way, well, no, if you want them on the same staff, multiple voices is the way. But if it's more convenient to work with, you could always notate them on two staves.