Numbers Over Repeated Measures

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Post by GoGuard » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:00 pm

How can I put numbers over several repeated measures to help a player keep track of them (such as in drum set parts)? Windows, Finale 27.
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motet
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Post by motet » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:22 pm

I use the JW Pattern plug-in for that.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:34 pm

If each repeated passage is only one measure long, you can also use the plug-in Number Repeated Measures.

The plug-in creates expressions that number the repeated measures.
When you have run the plug-in, you can edit the expressions (but the plug-in does not let you customize the expressions - like setting font or font size - before they are created)

NB:
The plug-in Number Repeated Measures does not work if a repeated passage is two measures long (or anything more than just one measure).
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Post by GoGuard » Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:37 pm

Thank you, gentlemen.
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To create music we must break them.” Nadia Boulanger

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