Notes of different length starting at the same point.

2009-06-16 06:08 pm

I have a bar in a 2/4 piece of music - just one staff. There is a minim (C) which lasts the whole bar and I want to have three quavers (E) which occupy the last three quarters of the bar. If I enter them in the normal way the quavers will only kick in when the minim finishes, so I end up with a bar of 3 and a half crotchets which is not what I want.

I have tried adding a chord into the minim, the other chord being a quaver rest, but that does not seem to be possible.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks. Andrew Mozley

Re: Notes of different length starting at the same point.

Reply #1 – 2009-06-16 07:00 pm

Welcome to the forum.

You need a RestChord

Quote from: http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/nwc2/help/MNU_ADDCHORD.htm

4. A chord containing a rest is created by first placing the rest, and then adding one or more notes to that rest. The duration of the rest must be smaller than that of the notes that are added to it. The stem direction assigned to the rest must be different (opposite) than the note that is being added, or the operation will fail.

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:2/4
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:Half|Pos2:1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End