Also, once you assigned the whole note to voice 2, CTRL left arrow to the beginning of the bar. You will then be in voice 1, where, I assume, there will be no notes written yet. Write the notes you want for voice 1 at that point and you should be fine. -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alison Trelfa Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 2:43 AM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Writing two independent voices Hello, Ben, Are you pressing the letter N for November before you press alt and 2? Hope that solves your problem. Kind Regards, Alison. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Blatter" <benjaminblatter@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:15 AM Subject: [sib-access] Writing two independent voices > Hi to all > > I'm writing a piece with piano stafes. How can I write two voices with > different rhythms in the same hand? I could do this once in an older > sibelius version, but now it doesn't work anymore. > > I'm writing a whole note and then I press Alt+2. But unfortenatelly > the first voice doesn't remain. Please give me some help, because I > should write a song for some students to > play. > > Thanks > Ben > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.424 / Virus Database: 270.14.51/2482 - Release Date: 11/05/09 07:37:00 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