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Multi-voice notation
Up to two independent voices can be annotated for each staff. The voices differ in the
direction of the note stems: the first voice is always with the stem pointing upwards,
the second with the stem pointing downwards. Rests are displayed individually for
each voice.
Multi-voice notation can simplify the score considerably and enable multiple instruments or
parts to be displayed in one staff together.
You can set the voice by selecting the notes and clicking on the button or menu
command "Assign first voice" or "Assign second voice".
This sets the stem direction of the notes, and therefore the voice itself.
This assignment can be undone by clicking on
"Automatic staff assignment for notes".
For automatic voice assignment, the note's MIDI channel has to be analyzed.
To do this, set up a MIDI channel for the second voice in the stave properties dialog.
This can be set individually for each staff. All notes of a stave whose MIDI channel
has not yet been assigned to a second voice, are added to the first voice.
Voice assignment via the MIDI channel can be practical when displaying standard
MIDI files with multi-voice piano pieces if the voices of the right hand are set to the
first and second MIDI channels and the voices of the left hand are set to MIDI
channels three and four. In this case, apply the following settings:
Note: If there is no MIDI channel selected for voice assignment, only one voice will
be annotated (if manual voice assignment does not occur).