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# Cross-staff notation
In piano scores, it is common to write a musical phrase extending across both staves—bass and treble. This can be entered in MuseScore as follows:
1. To start with, enter the notation in one staff. e.g.
2. Select a note and press Ctrl+Shift+Down/Up (Mac: Cmd+Shift+Down/Up). This moves the selected note, and all other notes in the *same* [voice](/3/basics/working-with-multiple-voices.md), down (or up) to the other staff, e.g.
*Note*: It follows that if you want to ensure that notes remain on the same staff during the operation, they should be in a *different* voice to the one selected above. Be aware that notes which have been moved to a different staff still belong *logically* to the staff of origin. This is why no rest is shown in the place where the moved notes originated.
3. To adjust the beam, double-click it to show the handles. Use the [keyboard arrows](/3/basics/edit-mode.md#keyboard-shortcuts) or drag the handles to change the beam angle and height:
## See also
* [Barlines](/3/notation/barlines.md#connect-barlines): How to extend barlines over multiple staves.
* [Beams](/3/notation/beams.md#adjust-beam-angle): How to adjust beam angle and height.
## External links
* [How to span a chord or stem over two staves](https://musescore.org/en/node/8717) (MuseScore HowTo)
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