Joining Measures

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By removing a barline, you can join two measures. The meter of the resulting new measure will have a total number of beats equal to the sum of the beats of the two measures.

For example, the barline between these two measures will be removed:

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This is the result after the barline is removed:

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The meter of the two measures before the barline was removed was 3:4. The meter of the resulting joined measure is 6:4, which is the sum of the 3:4 and 3:4 meters.

To join two measures:

1.	Enter Select Mode.

2.	Select the barline between the two measures by dragging the mouse across it horizontally.

Composer will highlight the selected barline in the color blue.

3.	Hit the key to remove the barline.

-- OR --

Choose the Join Measure With Next command in the Barline Menu.