Cannot get divisi choral parts
I had previously, with Version 3, been able to divide my Altos and so on, with two lines and note tails behaving. Now, by the trick of making a new note entry, can create only 'chords' - not independent lines. Once line I managed it, by clicking the 1234 parts option/tool; but it isn't consistently working; 90% of the time it is not allowing the Choir Sections to be written for divisi. How can this be resolved?
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Same as ever before, by using voices. Check the handbook on that to make sure you're doing it right
In reply to Same as ever before, by… by Jojo-Schmitz
Please explain the order of attack. It worked before and I wrote a 13 part Anthem, Jo-jo
In reply to Please explain the order of… by MoverleySmith
Sorry, me post above for some reason was lacking the word "voices"
For independent lines you need to use voices. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
Note, here the term "voice" just means an independent line. It has nothing particularly to do with sopranos, altos, tenors or basses. Any piece of music can have a number of voices - independent lines - even piano music and with no singers in sight.
Also note that every stave has up to 4 voices and each one should have at least voice 1. A common mistake is to use voice 1 and 2 on stave 1 and then voices 3 and 4 on stave 2 etc. Use voice 1 and 2 on stave 1 and voice 1 and 2 on stave 2 etc.
In reply to For independent lines you… by SteveBlower
Thanks Steve - this looks valuable. MuseScore aside, would 11 parts written out look eccentric? What did Byrd do?