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Incorrect alignment of tones/semitones
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Description
When notating two voices on the same staff, special attention should be paid to the horizontal alignment of adjacent chords (with two stems). It is important to understand which voice each note belongs to.
The example below shows the auto-placement (currently existing in Musescore) of adjacent chords (consisting of two voices) having tones/semitones. Try to determine which voice each note belongs to. Agree that it is not easy to do this. This shouldn't happen.
Don't tell me I have to look at the small gap between the stems.
Instead, the lower part (the second voice) should be shifted slightly to the right to clearly separate the two voices.
Steps to reproduce
- Enter the chord of the 1st voice in tones/semitones
- Under the entered chord of the 1st voice, enter the chord of the 2nd voice with the same intervals (tones/semitones)
MuseScore Version
MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.2.1-240230937, revision: github-musescore-musescore-d757433
Additional context
This applies not only to half notes (minims), but also to all other note-values.
The most incomprehensible situation is with whole notes (semibreves) - it is generally impossible to determine which voice each note belongs to
Prior Art
Unlike Musescore, Sibelius has a horizontal offset between the chords of two voices:
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