Inputting bar repeats

You can input bar repeat regions when at least one bar before the region contains notes.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the bars on a single staff that you want to show as a bar repeat.
    Note

    You cannot input bar repeat regions in the first bar of a flow.

  2. Press Shift-R to open the repeats popover.
  3. Enter the appropriate entry for the type of bar repeat region you want into the popover.

    For example, enter %2,2 to repeat the previous two bars, grouped in two.

  4. Press Return to close the popover.

Result

A region of the selected duration is input, in which the specified type of bar repeat symbol is shown in the staff at the intervals specified.

Note

  • You can also input bar repeat regions during note input; however, this inputs bar repeat regions from the bar containing the currently selected note. As bar repeats are mostly shown in empty bars, this is likely to produce unintended results.

  • You can also input bar repeat regions by clicking Create Bar Repeat Region in the Bar Repeats group of the Repeat Structures panel. However, this only inputs a bar repeat region containing single-bar repeats.

After Completing This Task

You can change how bar repeats are grouped.