Copy voice 1 into voice 2 and repitch
It should be easy. I've looked on line and watched relevant videos.
I enter my voice one notes. Since the voice two notes have the same durations, I want to copy voice 1 into voice 2, and then use the repitch to enter the pitches into voice two, without needing to change durations. Finale has the option to Move or Copy Layers. All I find in MS is the option to exchange voices. I know I could use a scratch staff to do this, followed by implode, but that seems like a little more work.
Is there a way to do what I want?
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One way might be to enter the voice 1 notes. Then range select them (I might do it a few measures at a time just to test). Then go to Add>Intervals and select a third below, for example. Then repitch the added notes as needed.
In reply to One way might be to enter… by bobjp
Am I missing something? Adding the interval notes keeps them in the same voice, so I still need to explode to a scratch staff to repitch. But it does make the process a little easier. Thanks!
In reply to Am I missing something?… by mikey12045
I forgot you want two voices. The first way I did it leaves two voices but might take longer.
Ctrl+c The melody. Ctrl+down arrow a few times. Hit voice two in the tool bar. Clear the selection . Select the first measure. Ctrl+v should return the melody.
In reply to I forgot you want two voices… by bobjp
Yah. It would be easier if MS let you simply copy the voice to another one. But it leads to another issue, not separating voice one and two in the mixer. I understand from other posts that this was doable in earlier versions, but not (yet) in v. 4.
Generally you would use two voices when the two sets of notes do not have the same duration/rhythms. That said, here's how you do what you want.
There are a number of possible variations on this! For example, in step 1 enter the actual Voice 1 notes. Immediately before or after step 3, move those notes to the correct position for Voice 2. (Shift+Alt+up- or down-arrow moves the notes diatonically rather than chromatically.) Then on step 5 you are pasting the actual Voice 1 notes.
In reply to Generally you would use two… by TheHutch
That's great. It does just what I want without the scratch staff. Many thanks!
However, sharing a stem (what I call Hymnal style) is not always used. In barbershop, the voice 1 and 2 notes are clearly separated, even when the durations are the same. Examples:
In reply to That's great. It does just… by mikey12045
Yes, including multiple Voices does that explicitly. Voice 1 goes stem up; Voice 2, stem down. If you want them to share stems, input them in a single voice as a chord.
You can flip the Voice 2 notes in your example and it looks like they are sharing stems, but if the notes are too far apart, it's obvious that they aren't connected, without extending the stem