Breaks - Barlines

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Break symbols Barlines

Bar beginning barlines :

Piece start barline shows the first bar to be played. Usually, only one piece start barline can be included in a single score. If several of them are inserted, only the first one is taken into account.

Repeat start barline shows the next bars have to be repeated several times. Repeat number is specified by the matching repeat end barline.

Other barlines at the beginning of a bar (double, dotted, bold or invisible barline) have no actual action on how the piece is played.

For each of these barlines at the beginning of a bar, you can select, in the editing window (double-click on barline with "lasso" tool) :

Bar number this barline is inserted in
Text to be displayed on score above the barline
Location of this barline :

Bar start : barline is displayed at the very beginning of the bar
After clef : barline is displayed after the clef, time or key signature
After margin : barline is displayed at the first location usually reserved to the notes in this bar

Bar end barlines :

Piece end barline tells the performer to stop playing when this symbol is reached.
In the editing window (double-click on barline with "lasso" tool) you can only select :

Bar number this barline is inserted in
Text to be displayed on score above the barline

Repeat end barline

tells the performer bars between the matching repeat start barline and this symbol have to be repeated several times.
In the editing window (double-click on barline with "lasso" tool) you can select :

Bar number this barline is inserted in
Text to be displayed on score above the barline.

If you write $P in this text, this keyword will be replaced on score by the number of repeats to be performed.

A frame under the text input area previews the text to be actually displayed on score
Number of repeats to be performed (default : 2).

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