User Manual
11.12
Often, you Enter bar lines when Notion alerts you that you have exceeded the
beats in a measure. But you are free to add bar lines at any time.
Notion also enables you to dene Barline Groups to visually separate dierent sections of
an ensemble in the score. The instruments included in the group connect their bar lines
together. For details, see Brace, Bracket, and Barline Groups later in this chapter.
NOTE: For completeness we should mention you can also see a dotted bar line. See
Pickup/Partial Measures to learn what these special bar lines indicate.
Add a Bar Line
To add a bar line anywhere in your score:
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. To place a bar line on your Music Cursor, either:
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the last pane and click your choice of single, double, or
nal bar line, or
> Press the I key:
8 Once for a single bar line.
8 Twice for a double bar line.
8 Three times for a nal barline. Subsequent presses cycle through these three types.
» The bar line displays on your Music Cursor.
3. Position the Music Cursor at any horizontal position where you want a measure line to be added. It does not matter
which particular sta (vertical position) you use: the line will be added across all staves in a system.
4. Click your mouse or press Enter.
When You Exceed the Meter in a Measure
If you Enter too many notes/rests into a measure, Notion alerts you to the items
that exceed the measure count by placing them in a red color.
The last two quarter notes exceed a common-time meter.
To correct this, simply Enter a bar line to the left of the rst red item. This creates a new measure to
accommodate the “overow.” Some ne-tuning of the note/rest values in the new measure may still be needed
(as in the half-empty second measure shown below), but now the overow condition is corrected.
After adding a bar line
Bar Lines