David, I do not understand which five staves you are wanting to end up with. However, here are steps to splitting the parts. The main function you will need for accomplishing your task is filtering. The edit menu contains the filter for refining what is already selected. Let's just talk about your soprano and alto staff for a moment. Whether you have selected the entire score, or merely a group of measures within the piece to work on, use the filter to refine your selection to that of the top note. Then copy those notes to the clipboard and paste them where you want them. The filter also contains an item concerning the second note from the top. Choose that and paste that selection where you want it. The complication comes in if this soprano and alto staff has its notes written in two Sibelius voices. Even with that though, you can filter by voice number using the shortcut keys of alt+ctrl+shift+1 or alt+ctrl+shift+2 to select whichever of those two voices. If you would like, contact me off list and I can talk you through the process. Dale Dale.lieser@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Reynolds Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 8:56 AM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Very much a beginners' question Hello, I'm attempting to unscramble a score at the moment. It is for soloist and four part choir. The soprano and alto parts are both, correctly, on the same stave, and ditto for bass and tenor. I need to split them, so I end up with 5 staves. I'm not interested in how the score looks at the moment. I just want to separate the parts. If I haven't given enough information, or if you can be of any help at all, please get back to me, Very many thanks, David. If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx