Composer offers the following commands in the Staff menu to split a staff into two or more staves, with certain ways of distributing the notes between the staves:
 | If a piano or keyboard staff combines the notes for both the right and left hands, then use the Split Hands command to divide the notes into right- and left-hand staves. |
| A MIDI file normally combines the notes for all drum instruments on one staff, and misrepresents the notes as pitches on a 5-line staff. You can use the Split Drums command to divide the percussion notes into separate one-line staves per each instrument. |
