On 19 Mar 2005 at 0:31, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Mar 18, 2005, at 5:22 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 18 Mar 2005 at 14:08, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > >> For that matter, in the example I cited above (BEFORE the revision) > >> I had a pickup measure with 7 eighths in it. I didn't bother making > >> it a 7/8 bar, as that seemed needlessly fussy and would most likely > >> interfere with reading, rather than helping it. . . . > > > > Well, it would also be played differently from a partial 4/4 measure > > by any musician who has any sensitivity whatsoever to meter. > > > > I'm surprised a composer would even consider the two options > > equivalent. > > I'm sure you understood me correctly; why are you giving me such a > hard time about my nomenclature? Of course I have to tell Finale that > it is a 7/8 bar, displayed as an incomplete 4/4 bar. Finale doesn't > space it correctly if I don't do it that way. But I chose NOT to use > an incomplete 4/4 bar (happy now?) for a pickup of 7 eighth notes, for > reasons of clarity.
Well, I didn't actually understand. I thought you meant a *notated* measure of 7/8. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
