Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 696)

Chapter 20 View and edit music notation 696
Before using the Voice/Staff Assignment commands, make sure that all the notes you want to
connect with beams use the same MIDI channel (and all notes you want to appear in the other
staff, not connected by beams, use another MIDI channel). Select notes one by one and view
their MIDI channel assignment in the Event inspector.
Beam notes across different staffs
1 If necessary, change the voice assignments for the notes that you want to connect with beams
by doing one of the following:
•
Draw a line below the notes with the Voice Separation tool.
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Select all notes, then, in the Event inspector, change their MIDI channel to match that of the
upper voice.
The notes appear in the upper staff, possibly with multiple ledger lines.
2 Select the notes you want to connect with a beam, then choose Functions > Note Attributes
> Beaming > Beam Selected from the Score Editor menu bar (or use the corresponding key
command).
3 Select the notes to display in the bottom staff, then choose Functions > Note Attributes > Voice/
Staff Assignment > Staff Below Voice (or use the corresponding key command).
The selected notes are moved down to the lower staff, but are still part of the upper voice.
In the reverse situation, where notes continue above the bass staff, with ledger lines, you would
follow the opposite procedure: assign all notes to the lower voice, then move some notes to the
upper staff by choosing Note Attributes > Voice/Staff Assignment > Staff Above Voice from the
Score Editor menu bar.
4 To display all selected notes in their original staff, choose Note Attributes > Voice/Staff
Assignment > Default Staff from the Score Editor menu bar.
Note: By default, rests are displayed according to the Rest settings for the staff style. In the cross
staff beaming example described above, however, most (or all) notes belong to the voice of the
top staff, and the lower staff will contain rests—some even at positions occupied by notes. To
avoid this situation, choose a staff style where the automatic display of rests is turned off for the
bottom staff’s voice, then add rests manually from the Part box.