It's p. 657 in my manual.
Which makes me wonder if you have Sibelius First rather than the full Sibelius program. I think control of multirests is minimal in Sibelius First. Basically they're off in the Full Score view, on in Parts. So, if you want multirests, use a Part.
Here's the first page on multirests from the Sibelius 7 manual:
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A multirest is an abbreviation for several consecutive bar rests, with the number of bars written above. Multirests are normally only found in instrumental parts, though they do very occasionally
appear in full scores (e.g. Sibelius’s Tapiola, bars 28–29).
Using multirests
Multirests are really just a display option in Sibelius – you can view empty bars either as individual bar rests or consolidated into multirests.
To display bar rests as multirests, choose Layout > Breaks > Show Multirests. Sibelius does this automatically for you in parts. There is also a special shortcut for switching Show Multirests on
and off – Ctrl+Shift+M or xXM.
Sibelius automatically splits multirests at time signatures, rehearsal marks, key changes, clef changes, tempo marks and so on. To split a multirest manually, see Forcing a multirest to split below.
Creating a multirest
Creating a multirest is the same as creating lots of single bar rests: choose Home > Bars > Add > Other; type in the Number of bars you want, click OK, then click where you want to put the multirest.
Alternatively, you can just copy an existing multirest selecting it as a system passage using Ctrl+click or X-click, then using Alt+click or z-click.
Inputting into a multirest
Multirests work just like normal bar rests – you can input notes into them, or copy music into them. As you input notes into a multirest, Sibelius will strip bars off it to put the notes into, and reduce the length of the multirest accordingly.
Changing the length of a multirest
To adjust the number of bars in a multirest, switch off Layout > Breaks > Show Multirests to turn it back into separate bar rests, then add or delete bars. Finally, switch on Show Multirests again.
Changing the width of a multirest
Sibelius determines the width of multirests according to the number of bars in the multirest (see Engraving Rules options below). However, should you wish to make an individual multirest
wider, simply select the barline at the right-hand end of the multirest and drag it towards the right. |
Sib. 7.1.3 first: bars of rest - Stensbjerggard, 11 Dec 07:58PM
Re: Sib. 7.1.3: bars of rest - Laurence Payne, 11 Dec 09:20PM
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