hello again mr. lew,

> On the other hand, you COULD write that as 6/8 measures with quadruplets
> over the dotted-crotchet beat, and then a 2/8 measure with normal quavers.
> That's pretty much the same, right?  If I'm conducting it's easy for me to
> think 6/8 to 2/8 than 2/4 to two-thirds/4.

i think we can say that we should get the same results. but i should had
explain the context better: previous to that two-thirds/4 i have some 30
measures in 2/4, all of them with binary subdivisions, mostly semi and
demi-semiquavers, in a mid-slow tempo. i guess you wouldn't like to write
them in 6/8 with n-tuplets, above all because they do not *sound* in 6/8 but
2/4.

> Also, I'm still not clear on how you mark a triplet as a triplet when only
> two of the three notes are there.

sorry, i'm not sure of getting this, my english is not good. do you mean
*mark* as in conducting? or writing?

in the latter case i would write them as *incomplete* triplets and just
explain it in a 'nota bene'. in the former case, well, there are some
techniques to do that.

> Sounds to me like using a shape expression for the time signature is your
> best bet.  If you need the Finale file to be internally accurate (eg, for
> playback) you'll have some kludging to do.

in fact, following your advice in your previous e-mail, i got fairly good
results. it worked very well. thanks! as i said before, finale can play
.666666/4 measures. put that together with your display tip and there is it!
and as i'm not using x+x time-signatures
that solved the problem for now. a pity it cannot be set the font size for
the (upper) numbers.

again, thank you very much indeed,
and please, excuse my english,
best regards,
marcelo





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