PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 204)

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Pickup Measure
If you want, you can inform Notion that the first measure is a pickup measure . This kind of bar purposefully has less than a
full count . If you don’t specifically request a pickup measure here, then, during playback, the program plays the note(s)
that you did Enter but “plays” (silently) any “missing” beats to the measure (resulting in an unwanted break in the flow of
the music) .
6 . Double-click the first measure in the score .
» The measure is highlighted .
7 . Right-click to open a context menu .
8 . Click Measure 1 .
» A submenu appears .
9 . Click Pickup Measure .
» Enter as few notes/rests marks as you need in the opening measure: on playback Notion reads the measure exactly
as written .
Partial Measure
With the partial measure feature you can “split” an overly long or difficult measure so part of it appears at the end of one
system and the other part appears at the start of the next . To alert musicians to a split measure, Notion places a dashed
bar line in the middle of the measure .
1 . Double-click the measure involved .
» The measure is highlighted .
2 . Right-click to open a context menu .
3 . Click Measure # (the measure number) .
» A submenu appears .
4 . Click Partial Measure .
» Enter notes/rests on both sides of the dashed bar line .
Return Measure to Standard Use
If you previously assigned a measure to be a pickup or partial measure, you can return the count of the measure back to
the current meter with the following steps .
1 . Double-click the measure involved .
» The measure is highlighted .
2 . Right-click to open a context menu .
3 . Click Measure # (the measure number) .
» A submenu appears .
4 . Click Regular Measure .
» The measure’s count takes on that of the current meter .
Pick Up & Partial Measures