At 8:53 AM +1000 5/02/02, helgesen wrote: >In 12/8 time, rhythm= dabbitty,dabbitty, dah-dah-dah. repeated several >times. (Same effect as "America" from West Side Story- but I know that's in >6/8,) >The 'big triplet' at the end of each measure is correctly notated- crotchet, >quaver-quaver (tied), crotchet. Problem is the two qs are spaced too far >apart and it looks very clumsy- I usually 'note-mover' then closer together >manually, giving a visual clue to the "c=2q" effect. Can I pre-request >preferred spacing on this particular feature only? Or is the concensus of >opinion that I use 3 quarter notes instead? This 'hides' the fourth beat, >but is certainly 'cleaner' looking.
I can't help you with the spacing, but my vote for best notation is for three quarters, which is what Bernstein used as well in that situation. >Another 12/8 prob. I like to use dotted half note rest, quarter rest, eighth >rest, then (possibly) note on 4th beat. If I mass-move this measure it >changes to(assuming quarternote=q, eighthnote= e,) > qrest,erest,qrest,erest,qrest,erest,note. Why does it change? Can I stop >it? If you find out, let me know. Why is Finale poking around in my choice of notation options, and second-guessing me whenever I copy a measure? Grr. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
