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Additional note and rest formatting
Grouping quarter notes or larger under a beam
(“Brillenbass”)
It is also possible to use the grouping feature for notes
that are not displayed with beams (quarter notes, half
notes, etc.). The result are so called “Brillenbass” sym-
bols, commonly used for indicating repeated accompani-
ment patterns, etc.
• Double-clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the
Grouping dialog, allowing you to adjust the “note value”
for the symbols.
Grouping notes using Repeats
To show Repeats for the grouped notes, proceed as
follows:
1. Display the display filter bar in the Scores window (by
clicking the “Show Filter View” button on the toolbar) and
make sure the “Grouping” checkbox is activated.
Now, you will see the text “Grouping” below all groups you have created.
2. Select the desired notes.
3. Right-click on one of the notes and from the Group/
Ungroup submenu, select “Repeat…”.
A dialog appears.
4. Use the radio buttons to select the desired note value
for the repeats.
In this example, the “Repeat” feature is used to display two pairs of six-
teenth notes as two eighth notes with “repeat bars”. Note that the second
and fourth sixteenth note have only been hidden – playback is not affected!
5. Click OK to close the dialog.
• Double-clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the
Grouping dialog, allowing you to adjust the “note value”
for the symbols.
Creating an accelerando/ritardando
To create an accelerando/ritardando, proceed as follows:
1. Select the notes as described above and select
“Accelerando” from the Group/Ungroup submenu.
A dialog appears.
2. Use the radio buttons to select the desired combina-
tion (i.e. define whether you want an accelerando or a ri-
tardando and specify the desired note values) and click
OK to close the dialog.
Example for accelerando (on the right) and ritardando (on the left).
• Double-clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the Group-
ing dialog, allowing you to select another combination.
The Grouping dialog
As described above, the Grouping dialog can also be
opened by double-clicking an existing grouping text in the
score.
• Which Grouping dialog appears depends on the group-
ing option you used for the notes (Beam, Repeats or Ac-
celerando, see above).