To move first part to the LEFT of measure 1

I want my song to start before measure 1. How can I drag part 1 to the LEFT of normal start position?

To do this you would create a bar offset in Project Settings.

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Thanks Steve, that’s just what the song needed (or any song that uses an anacrusis to be played before beat 1) It worked fine. Thanks John

Ah, that’s a neat trick I didn’t know about, thanks for sharing!

You could also just use the Insert Silence command to insert a bar before the start of the MIDI part.

Yes. In my view though, a bar offset is always better for this use-case. Firstly because it follows the composer’s exact intent, which is to place bar #1 at a certain point in the music, and because this only changes that one thing, regardless of selection or tool.

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