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grantcahoon
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Post by grantcahoon » Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:18 pm

I have a piece with 9 measures rest at the beginning. I condensed it so the music shows a 9 above a rest sign rather than show 9 separate rest bars. This worked on the 1st and 2nd flute parts, but on the 3rd flute part, it notated 2 rests, one for 3 measures and one for 6 measures. I couldn't get the two to combine to show 9 measures rest like parts 1 and 2. What would you suggest?

I tried to add it as a screen shot, but it said the file was too large. What is that about???


andyg
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Post by andyg » Sun Nov 20, 2022 7:30 pm

This usually means that there's something in the part that's preventing the multi-bar rest. The bars must be completely empty. And I assume that you are working in the Full Score, not in the individual parts.

This is a very old, almost moribund and unofficial forum. I have no idea what the limits are on screen shots.

The official Sibelius chat pages are here: https://www.sibelius.com/cgi-bin/helpce ... ?groupid=3

MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:11 pm

Screen shots are, I believe, limited to 100kB. This shows you how old the forum is.

Are there any text items within the rests or attached to a particular bar that might be interrupting the bar rests?

You say you condensed the rests - how did you do this? In a part, rests should become multirests automatically. You shouldn't have to do anything at all. Try selecting the bar in between and pressing [delete]. That can also often solve issues like this. If you want to send me the file, my email address isin my signature.
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