He has authored multiple online courses in music technology and music history. Tom Rudolph is an adjunct instructor for Berklee College of Music Online School, The University of the Arts, Central Connecticut State University, VanderCook MECA, and the Rutgers Mason Gross School of Music. Below is an example that required three layers/voices:ĭr. It does occur in classical guitar and harp notation. It is rare when you need to use more than two layers/voices in a single staff. Choose Edit > Voice > Select the Voice you want to swapĮxamples When Three Voices/Layers are needed.You can also use the shortcut: hold down alt (option on Mac) and press the number on the keyboardīoth programs have the capability to change a Layer/Voice from one to the other after they have been entered. Choose the Voice from the bottom of the Keypad. Sibelius: Select the bar and press the letter N. You can also use the shortcut to select the Layer: hold down CTRL+alt (Command+option on Mac) and press the number 1, 2, 3, or 4 across the top of the computer keyboard TIP: In Sibelius, if you reverse the common Voices and put Voice 2 with stems up and Voice 1 with stems down, the alignment of the beats will be off.įinale: Choose the appropriate Layer at the bottom left of the Finale Window. This is helpful to see the specific voices/layers.įinale: Choose View > Display Colors and be sure “Use Score Colors” is Checked. TIP: In Finale and Sibelius, you can display the voice/layer color. Use Layer/Voice 3 and 4 only for special (and rare) instances.īelow is an example of using Layers/Voices in Piano music.īelow is an example of using Voices/Layers in a Drum part. This is not correct! Use Layer/Voice 1 for up stems and Layer/Voice 2 for stems down in every staff. It makes musical sense to use Layer/Voice 1 and 2 in the top staff and then Layer/Voice 3 and 4 in the bottom staff. TIP: The most common mistake I see made is when there is a piano part or SATB vocal part with two clefs. However, it is rare to use three voices or layers and extremely rare to use four layers.īoth programs follow the same basic rules: It is common to use two voices/layers in drums, piano and vocal parts. Both programs have the capability of using up to four independent parts in one staff using four different Voices (Sibelius) or Layers (Finale). When you want to display polyphony in a drum set, piano, harp or vocal part, you should use Voices in Sibelius and Layers in Finale.
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