# Using sections for multiple movements or songs
## Overview
A **section break** is used to divide a score into separate sections, such as might be required in a musical suite, for example.
In the following score example, there is a section break at the end of the first system, followed by a text frame providing the title of the next movement.
### Features
A section break has the following features:
* The measure after the point of application is forced to start a new system (like a system break)
* An adjustable playback pause between movements
* An option to restart measure numbering
* An option to display long instrument names (as you might at the start of a piece).
These options are detailed in Section break properties (below).
### Time and key signatures
If the beginning of a new section is accompanied by a change of time or key signatures, there will be no courtesy signature at the end of the previous section.
## Adding section breaks
To add a section break, select a measure, barline (or any element within the measure), then click the **Section break** icon in the **Layout** palette. You can substitute the latter action with a custom shortcut if desired (see Preferences: Shortcuts).
## Section break properties
The following properties of section breaks are adjustable from the **Section** break part of the **Properties** panel:
### Pause
To adjust the playback **pause** after a section break: select the break and edit “Pause before new section starts”.
### Instrument names
To display the **long intrument names** on the first system after a section break: select the break and make sure that “Start new section with long instrument names” is checked.
### Bar numbers
To **restart measure numbering** after a section break: select the break and make sure that “Reset bar numbers for new section” is checked.
Additional settings for measure number display are available in the Measure properties dialog.
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