Piano bass stave has 2 voices. How clean this up?
Hello,
I imported a MusicXML file of piano music into MuseScore 4. For some reason, the bass is regarded as consisting of two voices (see attachments). One voice is all rests, the other the notes of the composition.
How can I clean up\correct the bass line?
MuseScore newbie # "12345" thanks you for your help.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later,
Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.1.1-232071203,
Comments
From your picture it looks like the notes are in voice 2 and the rests in voice 1. You need to select all the measures in the bass staff and then exchange voice 1 & 2.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/editing-notes-and-rests#Exchanging_…
Once all those rests are in voice 2 you can select them all and delete.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/selecting-elements#select-similar
In reply to From your picture it looks… by Jm6stringer
Excellent. Worked perfectly. Thank you. Out of curiosity:
What exactly is a MuseScore voice? (I created a test score with piano and flute and added a note to each of the 3 staves. Each note appeared to be "voice 1". (Really!) When I added a chord to the piano treble clef, all notes were voice 1. Not clear why I would need another voice)
In reply to Excellent. Worked perfectly… by finger10
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/working-multiple-voices
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
Interesting URL. Thanks
In reply to Excellent. Worked perfectly… by finger10
You wrote:
I created a test score with piano and flute and added a note to each of the 3 staves. Each note appeared to be "voice 1".
Yes, a blank staff can support up to 4 voices. Voice 1 is used first. The term "voice" here has nothing to do with the human "voice".
When I added a chord to the piano treble clef, all notes were voice 1.
Yes, if you are playing blocks of stacked notes as chords with each chord comprised of notes having the same duration, they can be in the same voice.
Not clear why I would need another voice
Voices are needed when notes in the same staff are played at the same time but have different durations.
Listen to some examples:
Voices-examples.mscz
The guitar example has its bass line as another voice.
The piano example starts with 1 voice in the upper treble clef (8va) staff and uses 2 voices in the lower treble staff where each whole note is held while other notes play above it. The second section of the piano example introduces a second voice in the treble clef staff -- so 2 voices are used in each staff.
In reply to You wrote: I created a test… by Jm6stringer
Awesome answer, jm6. The mscz file really brought the concept to life for me. Thank you very much.
In reply to Awesome answer, jm6. The… by finger10
Re-upping this thread: Is there a quicker or more global way to delete voices' multitude of rests once I've deleted the notes? I'm often creating instrumental parts out of piano/vocal scores (e.g. a cello line from the left hand). "Select Similar in this Staff" still grabs all measure contents, so wondering if I could just grab all of "voice 2" and then delete multiple measures'-worth with a stroke, rather than many multiple deletion processes, which is further restricted by each bar (can only do one bar at a time).
In reply to Re-upping this thread: Is… by garyruschman
Try this. Select the a note in voice 2. Right click and go to Select>Select more and check Same voice and same staff, OK. Select the first rest and do the same thing.
If you are only doing a small number of measures, yo can range select and the same thing.
In reply to Try this. Select the a note… by bobjp
Thank you, I will!
In reply to Thank you, I will! by garyruschman
Ok. SWEET. That is a POWERFUL tool. Gotta be very specific with what you grab with that one.