Piano and the grand staff

A piano part on two staves, which notes go on which, and the voices of each hand.

Available on iPad, iPhone and Mac.

The grand staff

The grand staff is two staves joined at their left edge, the upper one for the right hand with a G clef, the lower one for the left hand with an F clef. It is the track Keyboard (Grand Staff), among the Keyboards when you choose a new score’s tracks or add a track; Keyboard is a single staff.

Each staff has its own clef: put the cursor on the staff whose clef changes, then open the Clef dialog (see Standard notation).

Moving a note to the other staff

A note on the wrong staff can be moved without writing it again: with the Select tool, select it, tap it againclick it again for its popup, and choose Upper Staff or Lower Staff. It keeps its pitch, and is drawn on the other staff.

Each hand's voices

A grand staff holds up to four voices. In the track’s Track Settings, under Voice Settings, choose a voice (1 to 4), then its Default Staff, Upper or Lower: the staff that voice’s notes are drawn on, but for the notes you move. With the right hand in voice 1 on the upper staff and the left hand in voice 2 on the lower one, each hand keeps its own rhythm and stems.