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Notation reference
Bar repeats
Bar repeats indicate that the musical material in preceding bars must be repeated exactly, but without notating that material again. Bar repeats can comprise groups of one, two, or four bars.
Bar repeat counts
Bar repeat counts are numbers shown at regular intervals either above or below bar repeats, to help players keep track of how many bars have passed. The intervals are usually based on typical musical phrases, such as every four or eight bars.
Changing the bar repeat count appearance
You can show individual bar repeat counts with or without parentheses, or not show any repeat count at all, independently of your project-wide setting.

Changing the bar repeat count appearance

You can show individual bar repeat counts with or without parentheses, or not show any repeat count at all, independently of your project-wide setting.

Note

Bar repeat counts are only shown on one-bar repeat regions.

Procedure

Select the one-bar repeats whose count appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Count appearance in the Bar Repeat Regions group.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
- Parenthesized
- No parentheses
- Don’t show

Result

The appearance of counts on the selected bar repeat regions is changed.

Tip

You can also change the default appearance of all bar repeat counts project-wide on the Bar Repeats page in Engrave > Engraving Options.