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For example, on a staff containing no notes, creating one new voice allows you to input
notes into the rst down-stem voice, but you can also create another new voice immediately
if you want to input notes into the second up-stem voice on the staff.
5. Input the notes you want.
6. Optional: Press V to cycle between all the active voices on the staff.
7. Press Esc or Return to stop note input.
RESULT
Notes are input into new voices, as indicated by the caret symbol. They are input at the caret
position or where you click. If you are inputting notes into a new voice on a staff that already
contains notes in another voice, the stem directions of existing notes at the same rhythmic
position change automatically as necessary.
The quarter note symbol beside the caret changes to indicate which voice is currently selected.
Any notes input are input into the voice indicated by this symbol.
You can switch between voices as often as you like.
NOTE
If you have three or more voices on a single staff, you can only cycle through all the voices in
a set order. For example, if you have two up-stem voices and two down-stem voices, the
order is: rst up-stem voice, rst down-stem voice, second down-stem voice, second up-stem
voice.
You can show voice colors to check which notes are in which voice. You can also identify
voices by selecting individual notes and looking at the display in the status bar.
EXAMPLE
Caret when inputting notes into
the
rst up-stem voice
Caret when inputting notes into
the
rst down-stem voice
Caret when inputting notes into a
new, second up-stem voice
RELATED LINKS
Caret on page 159
Rhythmic grid on page 158
Inputting notes on page 164
Adding notes above/below existing notes on page 189
Voices on page 886
Inputting bar rests into specic voices on page 182
Status bar on page 48
Hiding/Showing voice colors on page 887
Write mode
Note input
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