Lengthening/Shortening bar repeat regions

You can lengthen/shorten bar repeat regions after they have been input.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the bar repeat region you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Note

    You can only lengthen/shorten one bar repeat region at a time.

  2. Lengthen/Shorten the bar repeat region in any of the following ways:
    • Press Shift-Alt-Right Arrow to lengthen the region by the duration of its grouping.

    • Press Shift-Alt-Left Arrow to shorten the region by the duration of its grouping.

      Note

      Key commands lengthen/shorten items by moving their end only.

    • Click and drag the start/end handle to the next/previous bar.

Result

The bar repeat region is lengthened/shortened.

Note
  • The minimum length of a bar repeat region is one bar. If you shorten regions with longer groupings, such as every four bars, the length of the region is halved until a one-bar repeat region remains.

  • Only one bar repeat region can exist at each rhythmic position. If any part of a selected bar repeat region collides with any part of another bar repeat region when it is lengthened/shortened, the other bar repeat region is shortened to accommodate this. In some cases, this means the grouping of the other bar repeat region is changed or it is deleted entirely.

    You can undo this action and restore the previous lengths of all bar repeat regions involved.