Best way I can suggest getting rid of those rests is to move the notes to a new stave. Filter to only voice 1, copy, and then paste to an empty stave you created with the same instrument. Then delete the old stave. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Google Goodwin" <cands.goodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:31 PM Subject: [sib-access] Re: Selecting one note in a chord - and deleting a voice? > Dave, > > Thanks. That did the trick. > > Sibelius has also put in a second voice for some bass notes. How can I > delete the second voice? I convert all the notes to rests, but they > remain > there. I really want the whole piece just to be the one voice. > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:27 PM > Subject: [sib-access] Re: Selecting one note in a chord > > >> Hello, >> >> In a chord, you can move up/down one note at a time in the chord by using >> Alt+up or down arrow. You can then delete that note when you arrive on >> it. >> >> Dave >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chris Google Goodwin" <cands.goodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:29 PM >> Subject: [sib-access] Selecting one note in a chord >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've imported a MIDI file of a guitar piece I'm trying to convert to >>> woodwind. It has a chord of G4 and G5 at the first position on the >>> stave. >>> I want to delete the G4. >>> >>> The manual says in 1.6 Selecting: >>> If you want to select a particular notehead in a chord, use Alt+3/ >>> >>> I don't get what it means by Alt+3/. When I do this it just tells me >>> I'm >>> moving to voice 3. That is, I press Alt and the number 3 on the number >>> 3 >>> on >>> the keyboard. Using the number pad with num lock on and off makes no >>> difference. Does the slash indicate a control key that hasn't rendered >>> from >>> the PDF to the text file? Alt+F3 doesn't work either - this is the >>> system >>> objects dialogue. >>> >>> Pressing tab selects both notes. >>> >>> Help please! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> chris >>> >>> If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message >>> with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >>> sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message >> with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >> sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx