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Spaces with chords

Can anyone please help - new to this but I require to enter chords in the left hand under any note in the right hand.  So I could have four notes in a bar and require to insert a chord under the third note.  No rests.

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Reply #1
Add the rests anyway, but make them invisible in your printed output. Visibility is a property of just about any NWC item.

HTH,
Wilm

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Reply #2
Thanks for your tip

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Reply #3
Thanks Wilm, however, this is OK for printing but rests or notes are still played when selecting Play.  I require no notes or rests to show and be played at these points in the LH.

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Reply #4
lemme try to understand the problem correctly

RH stave, 4/4, one bar, four quarter notes
LH stave, 4/4, one bar, one single quarter note (or a chord) under the third note in the RH stave

when this last note (or chord) is also a quarter duration, what do you care about whether rests are "played"?

I'm sure I responded too quickly, because the question still escapes me... maybe you could post a small NWC example ...eummm... that would lead you exactly to your original question...

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Reply #5
Hi Wilm
Thanks for your reply - its good for me that someone replys so quickly - I can see your problem here in what I wish to do.  At the moment I have to produce the same notes in RH bars with different notes for the LH.  So I have 4 bars (say) same notes each (RH). With 4 bares LH I want to surpress some not to play in the LH.  The principle of not printing is good when I find the correct combination.  But it would be nice to surpress notes from not playing. I have overcome in some case (your method) by changing the notes in somes case to rests and not showing them on printing - however, they still get played when notes.  I thought there could be a method of inserting spaces.
John

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Reply #6
I'm still a bit confused - maybe you could mail a small sample NWC to w.boerhout@planet.nl - I'll take a look and maybe I can suggest another approach

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Reply #7
Hi John,
You can always mute the notes you don't want to sound - just select your chosen notes, then right-click and go to Properties then from the tab <Notes>, check the box next to "Mute". You can select a single note or a bunch of consecutive ones.

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Reply #8
Hi Ann
Thanks for the tip - has been a great help
John