How to have notes share stem after switching staff?
Hello,
I'm an intermediate user on Musescore 3. I'm having an issue where I have a grand staff with a 2 notes in each clef. I want to switch the clef of one note (via shft+cmd+arrow) to the other staff which works fine. Though when I do, each note has it's own stem, whereas if those same two notes were directly inputted, they would share 1 stem.
I've searched the forum and net, and cannot find a way to just take those 2 notes and have them share 1 stem (other the -re-inputting both notes).
I've tried hiding 1 stem and elongating the other, messing with voices, but everything ends up messy or doesn't work. Is there a way to just take 2 notes on the same beat, with their own stems, and have them share one stem (without re-inputting the notes)?
any thoughts/insights are greatly appreciated, thanks!
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From the Breaks & Spacers add a Staff spacer fixed down;
Lengthen the stem of the left hand.
In reply to From the Breaks & Spacers… by Shoichi
Interestingly enough when I tried this, SHIFT+cmd(CTRL on my windows)+arrow moved the lower note and had the stem down. I hit "x" and the stem flipped and connect to the note above.
In reply to Interestingly enough when I… by bobjp
ah thanks for checking. couldn't replicate here. are you sure they are 1 stem? (when they overlap they look like the same stem but are actually 2 separate stems)
In reply to From the Breaks & Spacers… by Shoichi
Thanks Shoichi.
Though looking at your example, I don't see how that applies. I wasn't able to produce the result I am after using spacers, though maybe I am missing something or not explaining myself properly. here is a mscz showing how when moving notes to the above staff (2), they are on separate stems, whereas the inputted notes share a stem (3), which is what I'm trying to achieve with the notes that have switch staves. let me know if that is more clear.
thanks!
In reply to Thanks Shoichi. Though… by greg_123
In my example, the lower note belongs to the left hand (bass clef).
In reply to In my example, the lower… by Shoichi
yes, though it has it's own stem I believe? it's not sharing the stem with the other note at that time? (you can see in the pic that there are 2 unique stems, and the bottom notes' stem is selected)
In reply to yes, though it has it's own… by greg_123
No, it has its own stem. Check the bass key rests.
See the old: https://musescore.org/en/node/8717
In reply to No, it has its own stem… by Shoichi
ah I see. Ok, I was trying to have the 2 notes be on the same stem, whereas I think what this is doing "joining" the two stems.
I'll probably just re-input the note I think
thanks!
In reply to ah I see. Ok, I was trying… by greg_123
Here's my result:
In reply to Here's my result: by bobjp
Right. I was able to get a similar result, though not to be a grump, but I have feeling those are 2 overlapping stems. Which for most purposes are fine. It just so happens there are a lots of cluster voicings in this case, so it gets really messy with a overlapping/joined stems. Will keep it in mind though, maybe I was making it unnecessarily messy/complicated.
thanks!