musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Instruments with single-voice chords or multiple voices in a region should not combine with other instruments
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Description
Your idea
Currently, if an instrument has chords in a region, only the top note is considered for combining – the others are silently omitted.
Problem to be solved
Instead, for the region containing single-voice chords, this instrument should occupy a voice by itself. No other instruments can combine into this voice, despite being otherwise compatible. However, they could share the staff in the vacant upper or lower voice.
For a region where an instrument has multiple voices, it should occupy a whole staff. No other instruments can combine onto this staff for the region.
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