Rehearsal number in the middle of a measure?
Any suggestions as to the best way to put a rehearsal number in the middle of a measure? (e.g., if the last beat of a measure is the pickup beat for the next)
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Add the rehearsal mark then use Inspector to set the offset?
If it really is a pickup, consider splitting the measure and marking the barline invisible.
Also probably exclude the 2nd part of the splitted measure from the measure count.
Rehearsal marks are attached to notes. You can place them anywhere you want.
I was thinking of something like putting in a dashed bar line and attaching the number to it. Can I do that without splitting the measure and increasing the measure count?
In reply to I was thinking of something… by dhfx
You can, but you must drag it to the first note/rest after the dotted barline, anything else I've tried replaces an existing barline.
FWIW< I would recommend against trying to do this - it isn't standard and will likely only cause confusion in rehearsal. The method used practically universally by editors is to place the rehearsal mark at the beginning of the measure, and then, in rehearsal, if the director wants to start with the pickup, he will just say "let's take it from the pickups to J" or whatever. I've directed enough bands to know that deviating from the norm just leads to confusion and wastes time (although nothing guarantees more confusion and time wasted than repeats within repeats).
That said, if you really want the effect, easiest is to add the rehearsal mark as system text - which can be attached to any note or rest but behaves otherwise similarly to rehearsal marks (appears above top staff in score and in all parts, breaks multimeasure rests, etc). You can then set the text style to "Rehearsal Mark" using the Inspector and no one will be the wiser.
If you try the split measure approach, just right-click the second portion of the measure and use Measure Properties to exclude the measure from the count. The mid-measure barline trick won't help - it will still align the rehearsal mark with the true beginning of the measure.