Multi-Bar Rests

[adrianallan]

Yes - it works perfectly

That teaches me a lesson to always read the instruction manual !

Ps I always use your software to input the notes, and only use sibelius to add the final touches.

thanks

adrian

[JohnSaxman]

new user here - i see how to collapse multiple bar rests, but is there a way to highlite specific bars so that rests do not run over between sections of a piece?

For example, you could have a 2 bar intro (sax is resting), and then in the following 12 bar phrase is also resting. When collapsing rests, you end up with a 14 bar section of rest.

I would like to show these as two distinct rests to distinguish the sections of the song. Any tips?

[dj]

Hi, John:

Composer will collapse all sequential empty bars into one section, so if you want to separate sections, put a rehearsal mark (SHIFT-R, then SHIFT-R again if you see a rest icon) at the bar where you want the separation. It can be a letter or even be empty or just a dot or whatever.

That will show up in all extracted parts, but if you've got a significant enough musical change at that spot to warrant separating the collapsed rests, it probably warrants a rehearsal mark, anyway.

Hope that helps.

David

[JohnSaxman]

thanks so much - that's exactly what I was looking for. Problem solved.