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Playback

I am a new user of NWC.  I am having difficulty with playback. I would like to play the song from beginning to end but when I hit play, all the staffs play together.  I am sure it is a simple fix but I can't figure out how to do this.  Please help.

Re: Playback

Reply #1 –
I think you are possibly making a mistake that many newbies make.

When you put a piece of music into Noteworthy, when you get to the end of the staff on the first screen, you just carry on entering the notes.
You do not use the plus icon to create a new staff.

In Noteworthy, you enter the first staff and keep on entering when you reach the right hand of the screen.  If you want to see how your music will look, then use print preview.

What you seem to have done is to enter a single staff but created more that one staff to enter it.

If you need to understand this a bit better, then load up one of demo music pieces that come with Noteworthy and then do a print preview.

 
Rich.

Re: Playback

Reply #2 –
I suspect Rich is right. But on the off chance that what you are trying to do is to play just one staff of a multi-staff work, the key to that is to hit <Shift><F5>. That will play just the active staff (the staff that is highlighted in the editor).

Re: Playback

Reply #3 –
Thanks, William, but Rich had it right.  I was adding a new staff when I was arriving at the end of the staff on the first screen.  I have red-done my score and the playback is working fine now.  Thanks for your help!
Mark