Can't get Voice 3 to cooperate
I'm attempting to set a moderately difficult piano measure, which I think needs three voices. The first upload is the original handwritten MS, and the second the typeset measure as far as I've come. In the typeset measure, the lower chord in the bass line (Bb-Eb-A) is Voice 2; the orange chord is Voice 3; everything else is Voice 1. The notes I'm not able to input are the triplet in the treble clef (3rd beat). When I try to add to Voice 3, the note won't appear as the third beat but attaches itself to the first chord in the treble clef, and I don't understand why the Voice 3 half-note chord is being ignored. How can I fix this, please? Thanks in advance.
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I suppose your mistake is in the understanding of voices in MuseScore.
You may use voice 1-4 in treble clef and extea voices 1-4 in bass clef.
In your example you have a 3rd voice in bass but not in treble clef.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/working-multiple-voices#overview
In reply to I suppose your mistake in… by Mr Fox
Hi - thank you for your reply. I should have thought of that. It's obviously easier to write such parts with a pencil than a typesetter. I'm not sure now how I can fix this problem, except perhaps adding extra voices in the treble part and making some of the notes invisible. (And this is only measure 3 of 74...) Thanks again.
In reply to Hi - thank you for your… by outthere1000
You will have to enter rests in the corresponding measure for voice 3 until the beginning of the triplet and then enter your notes. Later you can delete all rests except in voice 1.
In reply to You will have to enter rests… by Mr Fox
Thank you. This is really helpful.