Bar count for repeated measures
As a 'cellist (amateur) we often have lots of repeated measures in a part. It would be really helpful there was a bar count option.
See page from the Nutcracker! (60 bars of identical note-sequences.)
Using Lyrics is frustrating as it wants to have a word on every note! Also Lyrics don't work with rests. Using text is similarly frustrating as one has to do the count manually.
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Lyrics do work with rests!
In reply to Lyrics do work with rests! by Jojo-Schmitz
When I use Lyrics, they jump the rests, and only take characters where the notes are (which is what you'd expect with a Lyric). In the example I posted, there are 6 notes per bar - so that's a lot of spaces needed to manually do the bar count, to move from bar to bar. Many bars have more notes, too!
Another point is that one really wants the bar count in the middle of each bar. There isn't always a note in the middle of the bar, so number placement is untidy. Of course one can move the number, but that can result in even more higgledy piggledy number location!
You could use section breaks at the places where you want to restart measure number
In reply to You could use section breaks… by Jojo-Schmitz
Isn't that what you want? Via menu Format / Style / Measure Numbers / etc. - image below
Or have I misunderstood something?
The "X" horizontal offset value (Position Above) is set to 7.00sp. (and in Bold character)
In reply to Isn't that what you want? … by cadiz1
Yes, but that alone wouldn't start counting from 1 at certain points
Or show measure numbers on all measures (see above) and adjusted the measure numbers at the places you want them to start with 1 again, via that measure's properties, by setting the measure number offset to minus the previous measure's number
In reply to Or shorw measure numbers on… by Jojo-Schmitz
Having numbers above ALL bars would reduce the space for, and the visibility of, musical directions, so I don't really think that's an option.