Two instruments on a staff (Musescore 4)
In many antique full orchestral scores, the 3rd/Bass Trombone and Tuba (or what other bottom register brass instrument was in use) would often be put on the same staff. This arrangement made a lot of sense as the two instruments would often play in octaves. I understand that modern composers are not too keen on this practice. However, this feature would help a lot in making editions of old scores in musescore. I know others have suggested ideas for Piano conductor scores; however, I would like to appeal on behalf of this feature, showcasing another benefit.
-Charles R. Worley
(Below is an example of Tchaikovsky making use of this practice)
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Comments
I think this is a bad idea to copy this exactly. Use two different staves to comply with modern (more sensible, in this case) practice.
That said, if you insist: Use two voices: https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/working-with-multiple-voices . Think of the top voice as trombone and the bottom as tuba. This will not affect playback, but the sounds of trombone and tuba in the MSBasic sounds are the same synth sound, just in different pitch regions.
I believe the same (same synth sound, different pitch) is true of piccolo and flute, violin and viola, cello and contrabass (but not viola and cello, I think), trumpet and cornet, and similar pairings of instruments.