I’ve entered a passage where two-voice notation is necessary, but now whenever I start entering notes after that I get two voices of rest which is an extra thing to deal with. How do I end this?
TIA
If you turn on voice colours, you will probably see that you are entering your 2nd voice rather than the first. Just hit V and you will go back to using the other voice.
To fix notes already entered having the rests problem, just select the passage and again hit V.
Remember there is a difference between V (change voice, or cycle through multiple voices) and shift-V (create a new voice)
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Thanks, but it’s not the case that I’m entering the second voice. The stem on the little Q-note cursor is going up, and the voice colors confirm I’m entering the upper voice. And when I press V on a bar with an unnecessary 2nd-voice bar rest, that just switches the voices.
Try selecting the last note in the second voice and turning on the Ends Voice property in the Properties panel.
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Bingo!
That should only be necessary if there are already notes in that voice further down the score.
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