Adding bar repeats

First Steps
Product
Dorico
Version
5.0
Language
English
Document type
Webhelp
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In addition to rhythm slashes to indicate improvisation, you can use bar repeats as a short-hand to tell players to repeat what they did in the previous bar.

Procedure

  1. In bar 6, select the bar rest on the top piano staff.
  2. Press Shift-R to open the repeats popover.
  3. Enter % into the popover.
    Repeats popover above the staff with an entry for a single-bar repeat region
  4. Press Return to close the popover and input a bar repeat region spanning the selection.
    Single-bar repeat region input in bar 6

    • Keep the bar repeat region selected.

  5. Alt/Opt-click the bottom piano staff at the start of bar 6 to copy the bar repeat region at that position.
    Bar repeat copied to the bottom staff
  6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for bars 10 and 14.

Result

You have input bar repeat regions for single bars on both piano staves.

Tip

You can also add bar repeat regions using the Repeat Structures panel on the right of the window, which you can show by clicking Panels Panels button in the Notations toolbox, then Repeat Structures Repeat Structures button in the Notations toolbox in the Notations toolbox.