Help. I use holds often, but ran into a problem. I’m sure there’s a work-a-round. I’m not a trained musician, so I’ll explain as best I can.

For simplicity, the only instrument I’m using is 2504 Piano with held chords. In a 4/4 song, 65 tempo, there are 4 particular bars.

(1) G C
(2) Am D
(3) No chords
(4) G Am

Bar 1 has 4 beats, with G for beat 1, and C for beat 3.
Bar 2 has 4 beats, with Am for beat 1, and D for beat 3.
Bar 3, I changed beats from 4 to 2, with no chords, so the D continues for this bar.
Bar 4, I changed the beats back to 4, with G for beat 1, and Am for beat 3.

That plays fine, but I want to hold the D in Bar 2/Beat 3, so that Bar 3 is silent for its 2 beats.
When I input “D…” in Bar 2/Beat 3, the D holds, Bar 3 is silent (for its 2 beats, which is what I want),
but the G in the 1st Beat in Bar 4 is also silent, then the Am plays normally and the song continues at 4/4.

What am I missing?

Andy

BIAB 2017 Ultra
Windows 8 and 10
Scarlet 18i8
Reaper and Mixpad