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Not sure if it's currently possible but I would like to have the ability to hold the last half beat chord over to the next bar. Thanks

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Hello,

You can hold a MicroChord as well.

Right click on the bar you need, then choose MicroChord Settings. Then in the Set MicroChords dialog box, click the Chord Options button and then click Okay. Then choose the beat and und eth the Rest, Shots, Holds section, select the Rest type >Hold Chord from the drop down. Then click Apply. You should now see your chord with three dots after it.

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Originally Posted by Catherine
Hello,

You can hold a MicroChord as well.

Right click on the bar you need, then choose MicroChord Settings. Then in the Set MicroChords dialog box, click the Chord Options button and then click Okay. Then choose the beat and und eth the Rest, Shots, Holds section, select the Rest type >Hold Chord from the drop down. Then click Apply. You should now see your chord with three dots after it.

Thank you!
I wasn't able to see how that would hold the last half beat chord over to the next bar. I could see that it would hold the last beat, but not the last half beat.
When I tried I always got the entire last beat as a held chord, even when using micro-chords. Maybe I'm missing something?

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If you have the BB2024 version you can use Riff Edit in the Tracks window to adjust Holds where you like:

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You also have pushes that play the Hold an 1/8 or 1/16 before the beat, you can also lengthen them with Riff Edit:

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I couldn't get the micro-chord function to work that's why i asked. I'll take a look at the suggestions from @musocity when I have time. Thanks, glad it works because I should be able to now write out Bill Withers Lean on Me!

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Thanks Catherine, I did try this but it didn't work for me - well, at least not how I envisaged it would work. I'll have another go. plenty to learn here.

Originally Posted by Catherine
Hello,

You can hold a MicroChord as well.

Right click on the bar you need, then choose MicroChord Settings. Then in the Set MicroChords dialog box, click the Chord Options button and then click Okay. Then choose the beat and und eth the Rest, Shots, Holds section, select the Rest type >Hold Chord from the drop down. Then click Apply. You should now see your chord with three dots after it.

Thank you!

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Revisited this again today and previously I made a mistake by not selecting the note I wanted to 'hold'. It still doesn't quite do what I envisaged but I think that may rely more on the style that's used.
As I don't fully understand the Tracks Window yet I haven't quite worked out the video musocity posted. Trial and error seems to be the order of the day here! smile
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Originally Posted by Catherine
Hello,

You can hold a MicroChord as well.

Right click on the bar you need, then choose MicroChord Settings. Then in the Set MicroChords dialog box, click the Chord Options button and then click Okay. Then choose the beat and und eth the Rest, Shots, Holds section, select the Rest type >Hold Chord from the drop down. Then click Apply. You should now see your chord with three dots after it.

Thank you!

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