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To open the part select anything in the staff you wish to view as a part (in your case you have just the one staff) and press w (shortcut for part window). A new part will appear and has multirests as you desire.
- How do you add a multi measure rest in Sibelius?
- How do I create a multi measure rest in Sibelius 6?
- What are multi measure rests?
How do you add a multi measure rest in Sibelius?
Quick answer - move from the Full Score view (where Multirests are turned off by default) to a Part (where they are turned on). Now you know they're called Multirests, you can look them up in the manual. There's a switch in Layout/Auto Breaks, and a keyboard shortcut CTRL-SHIFT-M.
How do I create a multi measure rest in Sibelius 6?
Creating a multirest is the same as creating lots of single bar rests: choose Create Bar Other; type in the Number of bars you want, click OK, then click where you want to put the multirest. Ctrl+click or -click, then using Alt+click or -click. reduce the length of the multirest accordingly.
What are multi measure rests?
A Multimeasure rest indicates a period of silence for an instrument: the number of measures is shown by the number above the staff. Multimeasure rests are automatically interrupted at important points, such as double barlines, rehearsal marks, key- or time signature changes, section breaks etc.
