
You could also double-click the measure, and double-click the forward repeat bar graphic. This section is automatically configured to playback correctly. Right-click the first measure of the repeated section and choose Create Forward Repeat.The first ending, backward repeat barline, and second ending appear in the score.Īt this point during playback (upon reaching the backward repeat bar) Finale goes back to the closest forward repeat it finds, so we’ll add that next. Right-click the region you just highlighted and choose Create First and Second Ending.If the first ending is longer than one measure, click the first measure of the first ending, hold down SHIFT, and click the last measure of the first ending so all measures you want to include in the first ending are highlighted. Choose the Repeat tool and click the first ending measure to highlight it.The order for the last two steps isn’t crucial. Noteman says: You can add the forward repeat before creating the first and second endings. The text repeat appears in the score.įor information on setting up common repeat configurations, see Coda, D.S. The Text Repeat Assignment dialog box appears which offers several options for defining the appearance and playback definition. See Repeat Designer dialog box for more information regarding creating and editing text repeats. Or, select a text repeat and click Edit to change one. If the text you want to use does not appear in this list, click Create to define a new text repeat. Select the text repeat you want to use from the list on the left.Choose the Repeat tool then double-click the measure you want to contain the repeat.Like repeat barlines, text repeats can display graphically without affecting playback, or they can be used to direct playback to the appropriate measure. Text repeats are used to define any repeat indication that appears as text, including Fine, To Coda, D.S. This applies for all contextual measure selections described here. Of course, instead of using the contextual menus (right-click), you can also click to select a measure and choose the desired option in the Repeat menu.

You could alsoright-click the fist measure of a section you would like to repeat and choose Create Forward Repeat and right-click the last measure of the desired repeated section and choose Create Backward Repeat. There are several other options for creating repeat barlines. Also, this section will repeat accordingly during playback. A forward and backward repeat barline appear on the first and last measure of the region respectively. Right-click the highlighted region and select Create Simple Repeat.If the section is too large to see at once, click the first measure, and then hold down SHIFT and click the last measure of the desired region. Highlight the measures you would like to enclose within repeat barlines.
