Changing the number of fermatas per staff

You can change the maximum number of fermatas that appear on each staff at individual positions when there are multiple voices on a staff.

Prerequisite

If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the fermatas whose maximum number per staff you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Max. fermatas per staff in the Holds and Pauses group.
  3. Select one of the following options from the menu:
    • One per voice

    • One per each side of staff

    • One per staff

Result

The number of fermatas shown at the selected positions is changed.

Tip

You can change the maximum number of fermatas that can appear on a single staff project-wide on the Holds and Pauses page in Engrave > Engraving Options.