multiple voice and single voice possible in the same measure?
Just wondering if it's possible to have single voice in the first three beats of a 4/4 measure (in the viola line of a string quartet arrangement) and then switch to multiple voices in the last beat? I just tried it there, but after I enter the notes for voice 1 in the last beat, and then click on voice 2 in the top right hand of the program window, it goes back to the first beat of the measure in question, and I don't see how I can move it from there to the final fourth beat of the measure. Will it only let me notate the measure in either multiple or single voice - i.e. do I have to input rests in voice 2 until the final beat?
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input rests in voice 2, then notes, then delete rests.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices#delete-hide-rests
In reply to input rests in voice 2, then… by Shoichi
To make future editing easier don't remove the rests, make them invisible instead. If they are removed they can't act as anchors for other staff elements, nor can they act as "spacers" to facilitate future entry of notes in voice 2.
In reply to To make future editing… by SteveBlower
when you say ''if they are removed they can't act as anchors for other staff elements", can you give an example of that? I don't know what you mean.
In reply to when you say ''if they are… by ajmu
You won't be able to select them and then add press Ctrl+T to add text at that location, for example, Granted, thaty's not all that likely to be an issue. But the way it messes up cursor motion is - deleting a rest leaves a hole that the cursor then jumps over. So good look later on changing yout mind and entering a note in that time
slot. it's possible only if you jump through some hoops to recover the rest again, That's why I too recommend hiding as opposed to deleting rests.
In reply to You won't be able to select… by Marc Sabatella
ok thanks
In reply to input rests in voice 2, then… by Shoichi
thanks