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5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
All bar rests in empty bars in the selected layouts are shown when the checkbox is activated, and
hidden when the checkbox is deactivated.
RELATED LINKS
Hiding/Showing multi-bar rests on page 778
Multi-bar rests
Multi-bar rests group two or more consecutive empty bars together into a single unit, commonly
shown with a thick horizontal line positioned on the middle staff line, known as an
“H-bar”. They
can reduce the horizontal space required by multiple empty bars and make it easier for players
to nd their place in the music.
A multi-bar rest representing four empty bars
NOTE
Multi-bar rests are automatically split by items positioned within their range, such as system text,
rehearsal marks, and holds and pauses. This includes when the items are invisible, except for
hidden tempo marks, such as those input in the Time track in Play mode. However, if items are
positioned at the start of the
rst bar in a multi-bar rest, that bar remains part of the subsequent
multi-bar rest.
You can hide/show multi-bar rests in each layout independently in Dorico SE, and you can hide/
show bar number ranges below them.
By default, the multi-bar rest bar counts only appear once between the staves of grand staff
instruments.
RELATED LINKS
Hiding/Showing bar number ranges on multi-bar rests on page 502
Time track on page 401
Hiding/Showing multi-bar rests
You can hide/show multi-bar rests in each layout in your project independently of other layouts,
and choose whether bar repeats are consolidated into multi-bar rests. For example, you can hide
multi-bar rests in full score layouts but show multi-bar rests in part layouts.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show multi-bar rests.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Players in the page list.
Rests
Multi-bar rests
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