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To group staves

  1. Click the Staff tool  image\Staff_Tool.gif. The Staff menu appears.
  2. Select all the staves you want included in the group, then choose Staff > Group and BracketAdd. The Group Attributes dialog box appears.
  3. Select a Top and Bottom staff from the drop-down lists to set the starting and ending staves for the group. All staves in between will also be part of the group.
  4. Use the settings in the Group Attributes dialog box to assign the range and set the group name, bracket, and barline for the new group. For more information, see Barlines,  Brackets: Staves, and Group Attributes dialog box.  
  5. Click OK to confirm your changes.

Note. You can group and ungroup by individual systems using multiple group definitions with differing measure regions. See To modify brackets on a system-by-system basis.

 

 

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