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Chapter 20 View and edit music notation 696
Before using the Voice/Sta Assignment commands, make sure that all the notes you want to
connect with beams use the same MIDI channel (and all notes you want to appear in the other
sta, not connected by beams, use another MIDI channel). Select notes one by one and view
their MIDI channel assignment in the Event inspector.
Beam notes across dierent stas
1 If necessary, change the voice assignments for the notes that you want to connect with beams
by doing one of the following:
Draw a line below the notes with the Voice Separation tool.
Select all notes, then, in the Event inspector, change their MIDI channel to match that of the
upper voice.
The notes appear in the upper sta, possibly with multiple ledger lines.
2 Select the notes you want to connect with a beam, then choose Functions > Note Attributes
> Beaming > Beam Selected from the Score Editor menu bar (or use the corresponding key
command).
3 Select the notes to display in the bottom sta, then choose Functions > Note Attributes > Voice/
Sta Assignment > Sta Below Voice (or use the corresponding key command).
The selected notes are moved down to the lower sta, but are still part of the upper voice.
In the reverse situation, where notes continue above the bass sta, with ledger lines, you would
follow the opposite procedure: assign all notes to the lower voice, then move some notes to the
upper sta by choosing Note Attributes > Voice/Sta Assignment > Sta Above Voice from the
Score Editor menu bar.
4 To display all selected notes in their original sta, choose Note Attributes > Voice/Sta
Assignment > Default Sta from the Score Editor menu bar.
Note: By default, rests are displayed according to the Rest settings for the sta style. In the cross
sta beaming example described above, however, most (or all) notes belong to the voice of the
top sta, and the lower sta will contain rests—some even at positions occupied by notes. To
avoid this situation, choose a sta style where the automatic display of rests is turned o for the
bottom sta’s voice, then add rests manually from the Part box.