multi-stem with double stops

• Aug 19, 2009 - 05:09

I am unable to write "voices" in a piano score in which one of the voices is two notes rather than a single note. In other words, I have to write a half note in one voice, and two quarter notes in the other "voice" but each of the quarter notes are two pitches sounding at the same time. If I follow the instructions, I write the half-note first, then go back and make voice 2 for the rest but if I try to hit the 2nd pitch with the shift key down (which one is normally supposed to do in order to make chords) it doesn't work--the new note simply replaces the old one instead of adding to it. Any suggestions?

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• Aug 19, 2009 - 20:34

If you hold shift while you click to add a note it replaces the previous notes. If you click without holding shift then it adds to the notes of the chord.

Any reason you were holding shift?

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• Aug 19, 2009 - 23:32

Thanks for your quick reply!!
How does one write chords? According to the instructions:

Notes are added to chords by holding Shift and entering a note name: C D Shift+F Shift+A E F

I just tried adding a note without shift, and again it simply replaces the note. Can you clarify?

THanks
Daniel

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• Jul 28, 2010 - 16:41

After reading this thread, I'm still unable for some reason to figure out how to enter a double stop (or drone, technically.) I need to have a quarter note sustain while two eighth notes move underneath it, but entering the first eighth note erases the quarter note, and vice-versa. I've tried holding shift and not holding shift. What in the world am I doing wrong?

-Ben

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