Removing the rests from 2nd/ 3rd part

• May 8, 2025 - 03:10

Okay I'm definitely using this to ask for help now cause this has to exist, but after deleting a 2nd part to one instrument the rests stay behind. If there'd be an easy way to remove all the rests that'd be great!


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  1. Right-click one rest in Voice 2
  2. From the popup menu choose Select > More... > Element type = Rest
  3. Enable checkbox(es) as required: Same voice [+ Same staff?]
  4. Press the Delete key

In reply to by DanielR

I have found, after much grief upon deleting those rests, that it's usually best to make step 4 be "Press the V key to make them invisible. I have had to re-write measures TOO many times because I needed to change a Voice 2-4 measure and could not do what I needed because I had deleted the rests.

In reply to by bobjp

Enter notes into Voice 1. In Voice 2, enter a rest, then more notes. Delete the rest.

Now later discover that the rest was incorrect. Try to add the note that was supposed to go there. If I have deleted the rest, I cannot; if I have hidden the rest, I can. I know there are at least two ways around it, but having the rest hidden means that I can simply fix a mistake easily.

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