How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

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How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

2013-12-11 04:48 pm

I've come back after a break of about 3 years to using NW 2.5 and am desperately trying to sort out transposed down carols for Christmas. For accompaniment I need to place a crochet rest below a minim rest on Treble staff but can't work out how to do it. Elementary no doubt but so far I'm unable to do it. Can some kind soul please help this tyro?

Thanks in advance

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #1 – 2013-12-11 05:03 pm

You can use 2 staves and layer them (see attachment). For a single staff, use text for the longer rest:

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Text|Text:"m"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:2|Placement:AtNextNote
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:VertOffset=-4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:Half|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:Half|Pos2:-4
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #2 – 2013-12-11 05:13 pm

Rick, Many, many thanks. That's solved a headache - literally and figuratively!

Rhoda

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #3 – 2013-12-11 05:31 pm

Oops, layering of staff is greyed out - I'm inevitably on last part of last verse of carol... Do I need to restart and make sure I've selected layering staff before I begin?

Rhoda

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #4 – 2013-12-11 05:36 pm

File > Page Setup > Allow layering

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #5 – 2013-12-11 05:40 pm

Quote from: scotrho – 2013-12-11 05:31 pm

layering of staff is greyed out

In addition to what Haymo wrote, Layer with next staff is always greyed out on the bottom visible staff. Makes little sense, but that is the way it is.

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #6 – 2013-12-11 05:45 pm

Will try later after sorting out dropping bgs. Darn DM! Thanks one and all

Re: How to place crochet rest below minim rest on Treble staff

Reply #7 – 2013-12-12 01:19 pm

All done and dusted - thanks to you kind folks.