Extra voice 1 line shows up in treble clef all rests
I have a line of rests in the treble clef that is linked to voice 1 and all rests. I'm writing 3-part (SAT) and the rests clutter up my score. Other than re-doing this as a new score, is there any way to get rid of these rests?
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Click on a rest, right-click and Select ->More ->check the box "Same voice". Then press v to make them invisible (often preferable if there is a mixture of notes and rests in the same Voce) or [Del] to delete them.
If Voice 1 has become a line consisting entirely of rests and you want to get rid of it then first swap it to another Voice by selecting the entire stave and Edit ->Voices -?Exchange Voices 1-2 (or 1-3 or 1-4 as desired). Next repeat the above steps to delete the rests.
Every staff has to have something (notes or retsts) in voce 1. Voice 2-4 are optional, Voice 1 is mandatory
In reply to Every staff has to have by Jojo-Schmitz
I misstated the problem in my first post.These are a second set of Voice 1 marks in the BASS clef. I have notes and rests in the TREBLE clef but these are linked to Voice 1 and any switching or deleting of parts effects all the marks (notes and rests) that I want to keep.
In reply to I misstated the problem in my by Shlomit
If you want you can attach your score (or an extract of it) here, using the "File attachments" below.
(Have you perhaps used "Linked Staff"?)
In reply to I misstated the problem in my by Shlomit
As I said, every staff has to have at least voice 1, some instruments have more than one staff, like piano
In reply to I misstated the problem in my by Shlomit
I'm guessing maybe you tried using a voice other than 1 in the bottom staff. Like maybe you used voices 1 & 2 in the top staff but voice 3 in the bottom staff. This is not the correct way to do things. You should always use voice 1 first for each staff. So, voices 1 & 2 in the top staff, voice 1 in the second staff. And voice 1 in all subsequent staves as well.
If this doesn't solve your problem, then indeed, please post the score you are having problems with so we can understand better.
Thank you, Marc Sabatella. I think you've figured out what I did. I'm not in the program right now, but I have a feeling this will solve the issue.
Thanks to everyone who responded. This is a great online community.
This may not be the right place for this comment...
I'm trying to write two voices on 1 staff. mostly it's fine, but on some measures voice 2 only shows up on the last beat in a measure. I have not been able to find a way to put the second voice on the first beat (or second for that matter). why do i randomly have no control over the second voice?
any help is appreciated
In reply to This may not be the right by clarkek
It's hard to say without seeing the score. It is possible to get into this situation by first adding a rest and then deleting it (possible only in voices 2-4). This leaves a "hole" you can't directly fill. One way to remove these holes is to run Edit / Voices / Exchange Voice 1-2 twice.
Generally, you shouldn't delete rests in voice 2, but should make them invisible instead if you are positive that the rules of music notation allow the rests not to be shown (normally all beats *must* be shown for all voices used in a measure, but exceptions do exist).
In reply to It's hard to say without by Marc Sabatella
Marc,
I didn't delete any rests. I inputted the whole first voice first, then toggled to input the second voice and I'm unable to use the first half of some measures.
kevin
In reply to Marc, I didn't delete any by clarkek
Please, share your score to see what happens.
In reply to Please, share your score to by cadiz1
biggest problem spot begins at mm. 34 at the beginning of the 3/4 time, i'm trying to add a quarter note on beat two, in the second voice.
In reply to biggest problem spot begins by clarkek
Well, works as expected here:
So:
- Select the measure 34 -> "N" -> Voice 2 -> Press '0' to enter a quarter rest on the first beat-> Enter as usual your note on the next beat two.
Result: kclarke part 2.mscz
EDIT: maybe your difficulty is to navigate into the Voice2? Eg, by selecting a whole measure, you can navigate immediatly in the Voice1 with the arrows left/right. But for do the same with the voice2, you must select first a note or a rest of this voice, and then use the arrows.
If not, please describe step by step what you are doing, the expected result and the received result.
In reply to Well, works as expected by cadiz1
marc,
thanks for your command sequence... I did not realize i had to enter all rests (with a zero) from the beginning of the measure. Thanks for you help!
I'm sure i'll be postin again soon.
kevin