Specifying the Number of Bars Per Line

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Specifying the Number of Bars Per Line

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By default, Musician determines how many bars are displayed in each line of the score.  The number of bars per line can vary among the different lines of the score. Musician offers you control over how many bars are in any given line so that, for example, you can arrange for convenient page breaks in an instrument part.

 

In some types of music, such as Broadway musicals and jazz, it is common practice that each line of the score has a fixed number of bars, typically four.  With a single command, you can specify or change  the number of bars per line at any time, for the entire score (or part) or any range of measures in the score.

 

If you try out Musician's command for specifying a fixed number of bars per line, you will quickly see how you can also move the measure at the beginning of one line to the end of the previous line. Musician's Number of Bars Per Line command is actually a short-cut for adding Keep Measure With Previous locks on all of the measures of each line.

 

prcarrow To specify a fixed number of bars per line for some range of measures in a score or page:

1.Navigate to the Page Layout palette.

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Type SHIFT+P. If this takes you to the Page Text Palette instead, type SHIFT+P a second time to go to the Page Layout Palette.

Musician will display the score in Page Layout View.

2.In the Page Layout Palette, click the FixNumberOfBarsPerLineButton  button.
-- OR --
Type "bpl" for bars per line.

Musician will display the Number of Bars Per Line dialog box.

3.In the Number of Bars Per Line dialog box, specify the number of bars per line, and the range of measures.