However, it’s worth noting that the various settings in the Appearance panel of the Bar Numbers window, as well as Horizontal Positioning can be unique for every part (bring the part forward, open the Engraving Rules > Bar Numbers, and modify).īar number attributes and positioning can also be completely independent between parts. With the part still forward, export as a house style, and then import this back into all of the parts so they all share the same settings.Īs expected, the Vertical Position setting is global for all parts. Most often, all of the parts will share the same bar number “House Style”. Set the bar numbers (and any other settings you might want to be shared with all of the parts) with one part forward. Horizontal and vertical positioning for Bar Numbers as well as display frequency and which staves to show them on is found in House Style > Engraving Rules > Bar Numbers. You’ll see the drop-down menu for Bar Number Text style there, and you can change it to “Bar numbers (parts)” for all parts, or optionally a subset of parts. Once in the dialog, click on the House Style tab. In Sibelius 7, locate the Part Appearance drop-down in the Layout Group of the Parts Tab. In Sibelius 6, find the Multipart Appearance button on the Parts Window. To make the parts use the “Bar numbers (parts)” text style we’ll need to assign it. Furthermore, using the separate text style, we can also change attributes such as bold or italics, if we want those different between the parts and score. You probably noticed that these Bar Numbers text styles already allow you to specify a separate font size for score and parts, just like any other text style, however, if we use the separate “Bar numbers (parts)” text style, we’ll also have unique control of the bar number *location*. You’ll notice two bar numbers text styles next to each other in the list – “Bar numbers” and “Bar numbers (parts)”. In Sibelius 6, go to Edit Text Styles (in Sibelius 7 or later, it’s found in the Styles Group of the Text Tab). Once you know where everything is, it’s quite straightforward in both Finale and Sibelius to create a separate score and parts “House Style” for bar numbers: As an example, for an orchestral pops chart or a film score soundtrack where a tabloid score and 9×12 parts are specified, bar numbers frequently appear nearly twice as large in the score as they do in the parts, and bar numbering may appear on every bar of both the score and parts, or on every bar in the score only, with the parts showing bar numbers at the start of every system. Typically, bar numbers appear somewhat larger in the score than in the parts, and sometimes, bar numbers are bold or italic in one view, but not in another. However, while this is one way to achieve precise control, for bar numbers, at least, this isn’t really necessary, since both programs offer plenty of flexibility for displaying different bar number settings between the score and integrated parts. In both Finale and Sibelius, one simple and common way to separately control bar number size, location and frequency is to save off a separate copy of the final score as a Parts Score.