What are this little bars over the staff?

• Feb 13, 2020 - 18:52

What are this little greyed out bars over the staff? Only appears in the pick-up (anacrusis), appear weather there is a note or a rest.

Can't find this info nowhere, thanks

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It's an on-screen-only notification that this measure is irregular - has fewer beats than the time signature indicates. You can disable that display via the View menu.

These are minuses and/or plusses indicating that the measure has less/more beats than indicated by the time signature. They are not printed/exported. You can toggle their on screen visibility in View → Mark irregular measures.

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