Separating And Merging Voices


The button of "merging / separating" you will find in the Tool bar left above.


In order to shape the working in scores  more clearly, voices of a voice-group can be represented in a line (main-line or "Polyphonic stave") or in several lines (sub-lines or "Strands") alternatively.


You can separate a voice-group like this:


Place the cursor into the main-line, that should be undone. Then click at the button   of "merging / separating".

Reference: The notes entered over the Graphic-keybboard -chord-mode can not become separated! However, this is meaningful with piano-voices or for example double-stops on violin (see below)



You merge (unify) a voice-group like this:


Place the cursor into the line-system, that should be merged (unified). Then click at the same button:


Entering music with keyboard or mouse should always take place in the individual lines. Later, the voices can be merged anytime.


The real time recording (playing in) over an external Midi-Instrument must take place in a main-line, since is picked up only homophonous when playing in within a sub-line.


For piano single parts or piano-extracts (sort of condensed score: full score to piano-piano reduction), it is advisable to aim two main-lines with two sub-lines each.


Then, the main-lines should only become separate if Stem directions are defined as different (separated) (Up and Down)!


Tip: All necessary defaults are already saved (stored) in the template - file "piano.pvg" !



The polyphonic voices, (see above), can be recorded  separate in the four sub-lines. Reference: It is advisable to switch the function "Fill with rests automatically"of for involved bars!



After merging of the two sub-line-pairs to main-lines, you get a polyphonic piano-system on comfortable way.


Important: The main-lines must be defined with different (separated "Up" and "Down") Stem directions!



Alternatively, with rests:



If you don't define any Stem direction for "Up" and "Down" voices, you will get the following illegible score-picture:


In case of 3 voice polyphonic lines, you must put three sub-voices in a main line as well as composed voice-group. ( With a RIGHT click on the stave (line) , you can arrange the polyphonic voice-line. Then choose following alignments of the voices:





With manual adjustment of voices, music has to be partially adjusted manually.

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