Unison Sections - Don't Work!

Chatsworth52

Why can I not make semibreves a unison note between voices?

Other music characteristics also need to either be automatically included in unison sections or a unison attribute assigned to them for selection e.g. rests

Terry

Chris75

Hello, and if you place all the notes from different voices in the same bar, they will play unison as long as they are the same type of notes.

Tom_Cagney

How do I get unison voices (of different durations)to appear side by side vs stacked?

borate

AI, which isn't guaranteed 100% accurate, offers this...

"In NCH Crescendo, to get unison voices (notes with different durations) to appear side by side rather than stacked, you need to use multiple voices on the same staff. Here are the key steps:

Select different voices for notes that occur simultaneously but have different durations. You can do this by going to the Notation tab and clicking on "Voices." From there, select which voice (1, 2, 3, or 4) to assign the new notes to.
Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Ctrl + number keys (1 to 4) to switch between voices.
When notes are assigned to different voices, Crescendo will show them side by side (horizontally) on the staff instead of stacking them vertically.
Remember to place rests in the voices where there is silence to maintain clarity.
You can hide or mute voices if needed using the Voices menu options.

This feature is designed to allow different rhythmic lines (multiple rhythms happening simultaneously on the same staff) to be visually distinguished by laying out the notes next to each other rather than stacking notes with different rhythms on top of each other.

So, to summarize: Use the voice selection feature to assign notes of different durations to separate voices, and Crescendo will display them side by side on the staff instead of stacking them.'

Tom_Cagney

Thanks! I am following all the steps above. I place them side by side manually, but when I autoformat the score, Crescendo stacks them. My workaround is to autoformat the score before adding the unison voices (of different durations). Then manually add the unison voices. What am I missing?

borate

The AI follow up...

"The user is missing that the Crescendo autoformat feature automatically stacks unison voices regardless of manual side-by-side arrangement, which is why autoformatting after adding unison voices causes them to stack again. The proper workaround is indeed to autoformat the score before adding the unison voices with different durations, then insert those unison voices manually afterward.

This is necessary because Crescendo's Auto Format Score feature repositions notes to avoid overlaps and aligns note spacing based on duration and bar width, not preserving manual side-by-side placement of unison voices. Additionally, when working with multiple voices in Crescendo, notes in different voices have their own rests and separate placement, but autoformatting does not maintain manual spacing overrides for unison voices on the same staff.

In summary, the user is not missing a feature or step but correctly applying the necessary workaround: autoformat the score first, then manually add the unison voices with different durations. This avoids Crescendo's autoformat from stacking the voices after manual side-by-side placement, as it does not preserve that manual arrangement inherently"