How do I add a bracket across the whole system without removing the individual brackets/braces?

Hello. I’m writing for orchestra and wanting to have a bracket across the length of the system including all staves. I’ve tried to add one, but when I did it just replaced all the other ones.

Here is an example of what I mean (continues to the bottom of the page):

Any help is much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum, @elliottwellsmusic!

Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t think this is possible. The brace would override any brackets.

Someone may have a workaround for you.

Welcome to the forum @elliottwellsmusic!

You can do this by first setting this option in Layout options>Brackets and Braces:

Then, in Engrave mode you can put a Bracket on all staves and add the sub-brackets where you want them. They will appear as braces if you have the above option selected in Layout options.


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Thank you! This solved the problem.

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