Multimeasure rests
You can create a multimeasure rest (or
sometimes referred to as a block rest) by using the Selection tool context menu or the Edit menu.
Note: You must be
in Page View to use the Break or Create multimeasure rest commands.
To
create a multimeasure rest
You can select the measures that you want to combine into a multimeasure
rest in your score.
- Click
the Selection tool
.
- Select
the region that contains the measures you want to display as a multi-measure
rest. You can also select your whole score. (You must be in Page
View to do this.)
- From
the Edit Menu, choose Multimeasure Rests, then Create. SongWriter
creates multimeasure rests in the selected region, using the same rules
as when you use Extraction to create rests—breaking them at key and time
signatures. In order for measures to be grouped, they must contain default
whole rests. If a whole rest was entered in a measure, that measure will
not be included in a multimeasure rest until you erase the whole rest
(using Simple Entry or the Edit Menu’s
Clear All Items command).
- Choose
Update Layout from the Edit Menu to ensure that SongWriter is displaying
the current layout of the score.
To break
a multimeasure rest
You can break one or more multimeasure rests into separate
measures. For example, you might prefer that measures are written out
if less than four consecutive measures are empty, or you might want to
break a single multimeasure rest into two or more rests.
- Click
the Selection tool .
- Select
the multimeasure rest to break. To break more than one multimeasure rest,
select a region that contains the rests. (Remember that you must
be in Page View to do this.)
- From
the Edit Menu, choose Multimeasure Rests, then Break. SongWriter
breaks the multimeasure rests in the selected region into separate measures
of rests.
- Choose
Update Layout from the Edit Menu to ensure that SongWriter is displaying
the current layout of the score.
