unwanted rests
Why do rests appear from voice 1 on the base clef, when i only use voice 1 for the treble clef, and, the treble clef is full but it won't allow me to add note to the base clef and I can't delete the rest.
I have been at this all night, and I've only got 2 measures done.
I am using voice 1 for the Treble, voice 2 for the upper base and voice 3 for the lower base. For a reason unknown to me, it adds rests in other lines for the other voices. I fix one only to find that it's messed up something else.
Please help
Frustrated
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Start with voice 1 in both staves. Every stave has 4 voices available. They should used, always starting with voice 1.
Voice in this context means musical themes with independent rhythms, not the sound that comes out of a singer's mouth.
See https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/working-with-multiple-voices
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In reply to Do not confuse voice - sound… by SteveBlower
Thanks, I had a problem having two note of different lengths at the same time, and it wouldn't allow it.
In reply to Do not confuse voice - sound… by SteveBlower
That's why I went to separate voices.
In reply to That's why I went to… by canaussie09
Right! But use Voices 1 and 2 for that.
Voice 1 (and, if necessary, Voice 2) in the treble clef staff and Voice 1 (and, if necessary, Voice 2) in the bass clef staff as well.
In all staves, Voice 1 is always present, even if it's all rests.
In reply to Right! But use Voices 1 and… by TheHutch
"I had a problem having two note of different lengths at the same time, and it wouldn't allow it."
Please attach an image of the source (or a link, a PDF) of the score you are entering. There may be something in the document regarding the distribution of voices that has not been understood, or that is a little complex? Our advice will be more detailed after that.
And of course, attaching your .mscz file at the same time, showing where you are at the moment, would allow us to check all of this.
It would be a shame to give up without giving you every chance to understand what you need to do.
Okay. It took me a little while too. But it works exactly as shown in the template.
Select the measures and see which voices I used and which stave they belong to.
Well, I did change the direction of the ties ...
In addition to voices:
https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/working-with-multiple-voices#ente…
...your attachment also reveals cross-staff notation:
https://handbook.musescore.org/idiomatic-notation/keyboard/cross-staff-….
If you are a novice at using the MuseScore Studio software, your frustration is understandable. The score notation is complex.
In reply to In addition to voices: https… by Jm6stringer
And you can hide unwanted rests by selecting them, and tapping the V key. They will still show as shaded in the score, but they don't print.
In reply to And you can hide unwanted… by mikey12045
Thanks guys, I appreciate the help. I'll lookup these links, and hopefully it will work for me.
Not-so- frustrated
In reply to In addition to voices: https… by Jm6stringer
>The score notation is complex.
Score notatiion mostly is a very complex software and its always a steep learning curve.
BUT: i was used to Capella for many many years, had a test with Sibelius, tried Primus and looked here and there into other score editors. From my personal view, especially Musescore 4 is extremely intuitive and logically working. If you start from scratch with Sibelius or Dorico.... you will have a hard time. Just my 2 cents.
I am very happy that I finally made the switch from Capella to Musescore. At first, this seemed like a daunting task, but overall, the transition was quicker and easier than I had feared.
To avoid any misunderstanding: I did not switch from Capella to Musescore because of Capella's functionality. In my opinion, Capella is a good program, and I have produced many good scores with it. However, it is the unreasonable terms and conditions (Capella is not free software) that I find customer-unfriendly and that I am no longer willing to accept.
To my great delight, however, after just a few weeks I realized that Musescore 4 is in no way inferior to Capella in terms of functionality. Everything is just different somehow, but in the end it's the result that counts, and that is very good.
What made the switch so much easier was the excellent Capella MusicXML export feature combined with the equally excellent MusicXML import feature in Musescore. This means that (after a little editing) virtually all of my finished Capella scores are also available for Musescore. Very satisfying!
Sorry for being offtopic, this came to my mind about "complex" software.....
In reply to >The score notation is… by rhalstenbach
Thank you for your insight, much appreciated.
Not- nearly-as- Frustrated