Write the second chord in four voices: two notes on the treble staff (the upper is the soprano, the lower the alto) and two on the bass staff (tenor above, bass below). Click a lone note on a staff again to put both voices on it (a unison, shown as one notehead with two stems); click a unison, or one of two different notes, to remove it. Clicking a staff that already has two notes replaces the nearer one. The key signature applies, so most notes need no sign. You can also type the chord: four letter names from the bottom up (bass, tenor, alto, soprano) with a space between notes, and b, #, x or n right after a letter when it needs an accidental, then Enter. After a flat, press Space before the next note. Each typed note lands nearest the same voice in the first chord. The up and down arrows move the last note you placed up or down an octave. Backspace erases the last note. Good voice leading means keeping common tones, moving the upper voices by step where you can, and avoiding parallel fifths and octaves.

Piano sound: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm, used under CC BY 3.0 (trimmed and converted to mono).

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