# Cross-staff notation ## Creating cross-staff notation 1. First of all, enter the notation on one staff only 2. Select a note in the [voice](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/working-with-multiple-voices) that you wish to move up or down to the other staff, e.g.\ ![](https://3455969201-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FP81HaeapLzzJGtG6DSwH%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e291ecef39d7a3227afe60da2b2342538bb17ceb%2Fcross-staff1.png?alt=media) 3. Press Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down (Mac: Cmd+Shift+Up/Down), to move the voice up or down to the other staff. Alternatively, you can click on the cross-staff icon in the toolbar and choose the same options from the context menu.\ ![](https://3455969201-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FP81HaeapLzzJGtG6DSwH%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dca15db80e36dccfaff6c082f6e66a6c6295896a%2Fcross-staff2.png?alt=media) **Note**: Currently it is not possible to move individual notes of a chord from one stave to another; if you move one note, the whole chord will move. Therefore, if you want certain notes to remain on the original staff, they should be moved to a different voice. Also, be aware that notes which are moved to a different staff in this way still belong logically to the staff of origin - they are just drawn on a different staff. This is why no rest is shown on the staff where the notes have been moved from. ## See also [How to span a chord or stem over two staves](https://musescore.org/en/node/8717)