Bars and barlines popover

The following tables contain examples of what you can enter into the bars and barlines popover to add and delete bars and beats, and the entries you can use to input the different barlines available.

You can open the bars and barlines popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either an item is selected or the caret is active:

  • Press Shift-B.

  • Choose Write > Create Bar or Barline.

The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.

Figure 1. Bars and barlines popover with an example entry for inputting bars
Figure 2. Bars and barlines popover with an example entry for a barline
Figure 3. Bars and Barlines button in the Notations toolbox
Table 1. Bars

Example action

Popover entry

Add two bars

2 or +2

Add fourteen bars

14 or +14

Delete one bar

–1

Delete six bars

–6

Add a bar rest

rest

Delete empty bars at the end of the flow

trim

You can specify a number of beats that you want to add/delete by entering the number of beats you want followed by either the number that corresponds to the beat unit, such as 5 for eighth notes, or the letter that corresponds to the beat unit, such as h for half notes. When using numbers for both the number of beats and the beat unit, you must separate them with a space or hyphen. You can also specify beats in the form of a time signature, such as 3/4 for three quarter note beats.

Table 2. Beats

Example action

Popover entry

Add two quarter note beats

2q, 2-6, 2 6, or 2/4

Add two half note beats

2h, 2-7, 2 7, 2/2, or 4/4

Add one whole note beat

1w, 1-8, 1 8, or 4/4

Add four eighth note beats

4e, 4-5, 4 5, 4/8, or 2/4

Add two 16th note beats

2x, 2-4, 2 4, 2/16, or 1/8

Delete two quarter note beats

–2q, -2-6, -2 6, or -2/4

These lists are not comprehensive, as you can add and delete any number of bars and beats using the popover, including specifying beat units using the numbers one to nine as you would to specify durations when inputting notes. These tables are intended to illustrate how you can structure your entry to input and delete bars and beats, and input bar rests.

Table 3. Barlines

Type of barline

Popover entry

Normal (Single)

|, single, or normal

Double

|| or double

Final

|] or final

Dashed

:, dash, or dashed

Tick

‘ or tick

Short

, or short

Short (top)

shorttop

Thick

thick

Triple

triple

Start repeat

|: or start

End repeat

:| or end

End/Start repeat

:|:, :||:, end-start, or endstart