Piano Only MIDI file

[lacogada]

When opening a piano only midi file .....

NC opens with 4 to 5 staves, with notes spread thru-out these staves.

Is there a trick to getting it to open with only the treble and bass stave ?

[Sherry C]

Hi,

The .mid file was probably sequenced with those notes in separate staves for some reason, typically for "stereo spread" (you can check the Pan settings) or because they were using a device that gave some difference in timbre to the individual staves.

To get the notes into a two-handed score:

1. Use Staff/Merge Staves, and select all the staves. This puts all the notes into a single staff.

2. Use Staff/Split Hands, and select the single staff you created in 1 above.

Voila! Life is good :)

If you find notes on one "hand" or the other that you want to switch, just select the note with a mouse click, hold "Shift" and press the Up or Down arrow key to shift the note to the staff above or below where it currently resides.

ttfn,
Sherry

[lacogada]

wow, worked great .... Thanks