Staff/Group and Bracket submenu

Use these commands to add, edit, and remove staff groups and brackets.

  • Add. Choose this command to display the Group Attributes dialog box, where you can create and control the appearance of groups. Choose which consecutive staves you want included in the group, name the group, choose an alternate barline, and choose a bracket to enclose them. You can also control how barlines appear.
  • Edit. Select a handleA small square which appears on currently "selectable" elements in the score. Handles allow you to select, edit and adjust musical elements in the score. for a group in the score, then choose this command to display the Group Attributes dialog box, where you can change which staves belong to the selected group, and choose a different bracket and barline.
  • Remove. Select a group handle or handles (to delete more than one staff group), then choose this command to remove the selected group definitions. Or, select a region of measures and choose this command to remove the group and bracket from all staves/systems in the selected measure region. Group definitions are added, removed, or changed accordingly (i.e. the measure range of existing group definitions).

See also:

Staff tool

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