Cross-staff notation

In piano scores, it is common to write a musical phrase extending across both staves—bass and treble. This can be entered in MuseScore as follows:

1. To start with, enter the notation in one staff. e.g.

2. Select a note and press Ctrl+Shift+↓/↑ (Mac: Cmd+Shift+↓/↑). This moves the selected note, and all other notes in the same voice, down (or up) to the other staff, e.g.

   Note: It follows that if you want to ensure that notes remain on the same staff during the operation, they should be in a different voice to the one selected above.

3. To adjust the beam, double-click it to show the handles. Use the keyboard arrows or drag the handles to change the beam angle and height:

See also

• Barlines: How to extend barlines over multiple staves.
• Beams: How to adjust beam angle and height.

External links

• How to span a chord or stem over two staves (MuseScore HowTo)