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Bar lines

Can someone tell me why these barlines dont match up ??

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Chord|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Dur2:Half,Dotted|Pos2:-4
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted|Pos:b-4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Bass
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Chord|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-1,3|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-1,3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-1^,4^|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-1,4|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Bar lines

Reply #1 –
Because you didn't put it in? <g>
Do an audit bar line on the top staff.

Tina

Re: Bar lines

Reply #2 –
In your treble clef you have a total of 4 & 1/16 beats by having a dotted half and quarter notes.  You need to create a second treble staff and allow layering.  See below:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward,Beam,XNoteSpace=1
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down,XNoteSpace=1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:b-4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Be sure to add an extra note spacing for the 2nd eighth note so it doesn't interfere with the dotted half note when layered.

Re: Bar lines

Reply #3 –
Rikbel, it's because of how NWC deals with time.  When you have chords, NWC uses the time value of the shortest note.  To see this, you could leave out the dotted minim (dotted half note) in the Right Hand without changing the length of the bar (measure).

Instead, if you add a crotchet (quarter note) as chord member to your C minim, things will improve.  I'd suggest an E for the crotchet.  To make the notes "add up", replace the E dotted minim with an un-dotted E minim, but tied to the new crotchet.

Finally, get rid of the dot after the last quaver in the bar (measure) - I assume this was a typo - and your bar lines will align.

Unlike other notation software, NWC doesn't work with different voices on the same staff.  It just assumes everything is all the one voice, and uses the "shortest note in a chord" philosophy.

Instead, layering is provided, so if you really have to have the E dotted minim overlapping the C minim, you can have it.  (Then the problem becomes How-Do-We-Keep-The-Stems-In-The-Right-Direction?)
 

Re: Bar lines

Reply #4 –
I don't like having to stand in a bar line.
I can always tell when a bouncer isn't going to let me in...