I have a quick question for all you real musicians when it comes to writing music notation. I probably have a 4th grade level and this is beyond my knowledge. Sad but true.

I have a friend who played guitar but now has hand problems so he switched to piano and is just starting out with about 2 months of experience. The question is, what is the proper way to write triads out on the grand staff. He is using MuseScore for software. He was using the "A" Minor triad as his example. He started the "A" note on the Bass Clef below Middle "C". The next note "C" was automatically placed in the middle C position between the Bass & Treble Clef when entered as it should be, but the "E" note instead of being placed on the 1st line of the Treble Clef, was placed on an automatically generated ledger line right above Middle C.

See the attachment.

His question to me was twofold. (1) What is the proper way to write it and (2) is there a way in MuseScore to NOT have a ledger line added above Middle "C" but instead have the "E" note placed on the bottom line of the Treble Clef.

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