Multiple levels in one staff?

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Dan B
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Post by Dan B » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:07 pm

Trying to transcribe vocal lines with music for SA or TB on the same staff.

If it's two quarter notes on the same beat, no problem: they line up vertically as they should.

If it's, say, a quarter for S and two eighths for A on the same beat, no go. I get a ping and it changes the quarter I've already put in for S to an eighth.

I've been googling and it looks like the solution has to do with levels but I don't understand it.

Thanks!


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Post by miker » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:20 pm

Layers. You would enter the soprano on layer one, and the alto in layer two.

Please watch the video “entering layers on a single staff” and look up Layers in your help files.

http://usermanuals-prod-finalemusic-com ... htm#layers
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Post by Dan B » Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:35 pm

Thanks again!

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