Multimeasure Rests Range

[strablonsky]

Hello all!

Is there any practical way to show the measure range ONLY on the multi-measure rests like so?

I've made the one bar "multimeasure" like this:

Finale v26:

[motet]

Sure. Measure tool menu, Edit Measure Number Regions.

[strablonsky]

Thanks for the reply!

I've tried that, but the issue is that the measures with only one rest get the range as well.

I'd like the range to appear only on multi-measure rests with more than two bars, is there a way?

[miker]

Could someone please explain why you would use a 1-measure MM rest, instead of a simple whole rest?

[motet]

My guess would be that strablonsky is doing that in order to get the "1" to appear, which is a common notation. You can say "start numbering at 1 measure" (the default is 2) and "use symbols for mm rests less than 2 measures). I tried that, but didn't like that the one-bar rests were the same width as the other multimeasure rests, which I find too wide.

What I would suggest, strablonsky, is to use the defaults for multimeasure rests, and add the 1s as expressions. I'll attach a file where I've create the expression. Pay attention to what I've used on the Positioning tab. You can assign them to a metatool and place each with a single click and not adjusting.

[Peter Thomsen]

You will have to add the ‘1’ expression to each and every one-bar rest.
And you have to be careful, not to forget any of them.

It might be faster (and safer) “the other way around”:

With range showing on all one-bar rests, select these one-bar ranges, and hide them (via dragging and Shift-dragging you can select many of them in one go).