Voices and stems
Write two lines at once on one staff, a bass line under a melody, with up to four voices.
Available on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
A voice is a line of its own on the staff, with its own rhythm: a fingerstyle part with a bass that holds half notes under a melody of eighths, a held note under moving ones. Each track has four voices, I to IV; you write in voice I until you choose another.
Voices I to IV
The voices are the first four buttons of Rhythm in Edit: I, II, III and IV. The one lit is the voice you write in. On the Mac, they are in Note › Voice as well.
Writing a second voice
- Write the first line in voice I, as usual.
- In Rhythm, choose II, and the duration of the second line’s first note.
- Put the cursor back at the start of the bar, on the string the second line is on, and type its frets.
Each voice keeps its own beats: the two lines don’t have to line up. When a bar has notes in both I and II, Reflow points voice I’s stems up and voice II’s down, so the two read apart; on a grand staff, voices III and IV pair the same way.
Dimming the other voices
To see which notes belong to the voice you are writing, turn on Gray Out Inactive Voices in the eye in the top barthe View menu: the other voices are dimmed on screen.
Stem direction
To turn stems your way, select the beats (or put the cursor on one), open Note in Edit and choose:
- Stem Up or Stem Down: those stems that way, whatever their place on the staff.
- Stem Auto: back to Reflow’s choice.