I want to swap 1st violin and 2nd violin parts in musescore. How can I do that?

• Nov 14, 2022 - 10:52

I want to swap 1st violin and 2nd violin parts in musescore. How can I do that?


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Depends on how they were written.

If written as 2 voices on 1 staff: Tools → Voices → Exchange Voice 1-2 after selecting that staff.

If written on two separate staves:
(1) Select one staff
(2) Edit → Cut
(3) Select 2nd staff
(4) Edit → Swap with clipboard
(5) Click on first staff
(6) Paste

It's not clear what you intend to do. Do you have an example?
If you've a score with two violin staffs, press 'i', select the 2nd violin and move it up by pressing the up arrow button on the right edge of this window.

In reply to by HildeK

Ah yes, this could be what was requested too; and much easier than cut-swap-paste.
After changing the order in the Instruments window, one probably will also want to open up the Staff/Part-Properties to update the instrument names.

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