Add quarter note at end of measure
How can I add a quarter note at the end of a measure if there is already a previous longer note?
It seems to want to add the note at the same time where the previous long note started, or in the next measure.
I have attached an example screenshot.
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Comments
It always helps to attach the actual score, not just a picture of it. From the picture, I can *guess* that your score might be corrupt, but there are also other things that could explain what the pictures appears to show. For instance, what *appears* to be a half note in voice 2 on beat 3 might really be on beat 2 but manually moved to create the illusion it is on beat 3. or it might be a quarter note in which the note head was explicitly changed to appear like a half note.
In reply to It always helps to attach the by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your help, Marc. I have attached the mscz file.
In reply to Thank you for your help, by deklin
AH, I was definitely misled by your original picture. I thought it was showing a quarter note on beat 3, but I think now it was actually showing a half note but you had the cursor sitting directly over the note making it *look* like a quarter note.
Anyhow, the score you have attached definitely shows a half note on beat 3 in each voice. So the measure already has four beats in both voices, making it musically impossible to add another quarter note. If uyou wish to shorten one of the half notes to make room for a quarter note on beat 4, simply click the half note and then click the quarter note icon (or press the keyboard shortcut 5) while *not* in note input mode. This will shorten the half note on beat 3 to a quarter note, leaving you with a quarter rest on beat 4 you can then replace with a note if you like.
In reply to AH, I was definitely misled by Marc Sabatella
Yes, the measure already has four beats in two voices, but I have ten fingers. I don't want to change a half not into an eighth note because the note should be held. How can I add a THIRD voice?
In reply to Yes, the measure already has by deklin
Same way you presumably added the second - the voice buttons in the toolbar. See the Handbook under "Note input" and "Voices".