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Designing your score: additional techniques
Multiple rests
Multiple consecutive rests can be automatically displayed
as multi-rests. Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Score Settings and select the Layout page.
2. Set the Multi-Rests option to the number of empty
bars that are “allowed” before Cubase displays them as a
multi-rest.
For example, a value of 2 means that three or more consecutive empty
bars are displayed as a multi-rest. If you set this to “Off”, multi-rests are
not used.
3. Click Apply and close the dialog.
The multi-rests now appear in the score.
A multi-rest over three bars
Splitting multi-rests
To divide one long multiple rest into several shorter ones,
proceed as follows:
1. Double-click on the multi-rest symbol.
The Split Multi-Rest dialog appears:
2. In the dialog, enter the bar number where you want the
first split.
3. Click OK.
If you need more splits, double-click on any multi-rest symbol and proceed
as above.
Multi-rest appearance
The Project page in the Score Settings dialog contains
several subpages, on which you can make settings for
multi-rests:
• The subpage “Notation Style” contains the following
settings concerning multi-rests:
• On the Spacings subpage of the dialog, you can adjust
the height and width of multi-rest symbols.
• On the Text Settings subpage, you can select a font for
the multi-rest numbers (select “Multi-Rests” in the “Font
For” pop-up menu and make the desired settings).
Editing bar lines
Editing existing bar lines
For each bar line, you can choose whether you want a reg-
ular, single bar line, a double bar line, a repeat sign, etc.:
1. Double-click on the bar line for which you want to edit
the settings.
A dialog appears with a number of bar line types.
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The program automatically splits multi-rests at time
signature changes, double bar lines, repeat signs
and rehearsal marks.
Option Description
Multi-Rests –
Church Style
When this is activated, multi-rests are shown in “church
style” (vertical bars), rather than with the regular, hori
-
zontal symbols.
Multi-Rests –
Numbers above
Symbol
When this is activated, the numbers are shown above
the multi-rest symbol, instead of below it.
Multi-Rests –
Snap Rests
moved with the
Layout tool
When this is activated, rests automatically snap to “intel-
ligent” positions in the score (i.e. positions used in regu-
lar notation) when moved with the layout tool. If this is
deactivated, rests can be positioned freely.
Bar numbers –
Show Range
with Multi-Rests
When this is activated, and bar numbers are displayed,
the bar numbers of a multi-rest are shown as a range.