Add a stem?
I have a half note D (open string on a violin) that I want played as a double stop (4th finger on G string and open D) so I need to have stems going both up and down. How do I accomplish this (I'm just trying Muse for the first time so please bear with me).
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices
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In reply to See: by Shoichi
Yeah, I saw the voices thing, but it adds rests to the measure and I don't want those extraneous markings that'll confuse the player.
In reply to Yeah, I saw the voices thing, by Scenic City Opera
the rests of Voices 2,3,4 can be deleted: Click + Delete
In reply to the rests of Voices 2,3,4 can by Shoichi
Ahhhh...good to know. Thank you!
In reply to Ahhhh...good to know. Thank by Scenic City Opera
In my experience, it is better to select the undesired rest(s) and press "v" to make it invisible. This allows for easier revisions should you need to change something, because once you delete the rest it cant be recovered and replaced with a note or a different rest.
In reply to In my experience, it is by marty strasinger
Making the rests in voices 2-4 invisible also repositions the rests for voice 1 to the middle of the staff (horizontally) where you would want them. For some reason this does not work so well if you delete the rests.
In reply to Making the rests in voices by azumbrunn
If this post originally made you wonder what I was saying, I fixed it.
Making a voice 2 rest invisible only moves the voice 1 rest into its proper place if they are the exact length. You can't make voice 1 a 1/4 note followed by a 1/4 rest and in voice 2 beats 1 & 2 a half rest invisible and have voice 1 rest move down to its normal spot. You also can't have 2 1/8th rests at beat 2 in voice 2 to and have a 1/4 rest on beat 2 in voice 1 move to its normal spot. Same is true of notes in voice one with rests in another voice. The rests in voice 2 (or any other) have to be the same length as voice 1. This should probably be considered a bug.
The exception to this is if you hide all notes and rests in a voice, then it doesn't matter the length. I use this to put a dynamic symbol on the last beat of the measure when I have a long note with a crescendo/decrescendo ending the measure. MS doesn't care which voice a dynamic symbol is in, it is applied to the whole staff.