On 18 Apr 2005 at 17:30, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Apr 18, 2005, at 3:16 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 18 Apr 2005 at 5:31, dhbailey wrote: > >> > >> Have you entered any expressions which have been defined for > >> playback? > > > > I don't understand the question. > > If you take the Allegro marking that comes in the default file, there > is a playback defined for it that is specified as a certain tempo, say > 110 bpm. This value overrides whatever you set in the Tempo Tool. . . .
Eh, what? Tempo Tool alterations are not overridden by tempo expressions, unless they occur in succession. That is, if in m. 10 you use the tempo tool to set a tempo of 110 and in m. 11 you have an expression that defines a tempo of 120, m. 11ff. will be at 120. Which is as it should be, no? The only reason I use the tempo tool is for defining ritards and agogics (most commonly the little lift before the recapitulation). In the instance that drove me crazy, I was trying to arrange playback of a section marked "calando," which in the context of the particular piece clearly means *only* a "dying away" in tempo (as a dynamic "dying away" is explicitly marked already). In any event, none of this confuses me in the slightest. The pieces where I've used the tempo tool have a tempo marking at the head of the movement, and tempo tool alterations throughout the movement (with no further tempo expressions), and they work just fine. > . . . I > don't remember any more where to find it in 2003, as it changed in > 2004, but you should be able to find it in the expression definition > dialogue box. > > If you have duplicated your Allegro marking (or used it, for that > matter) and edited it to create a new expression, the new expression > inherits the SAME playback that the original expression had. So if the > new expression reads "Vivace" but is defined to change the tempo to > 110 bpm, you are going to experience a tempo change at that measure > that you will not be able to change with the Tempo Tool. Of course I can change it with the tempo tool in that same measure with the Tempo Tool -- I just have to define it to take effect somewhere in the measure *following* where the tempo expression is taking effect. Tempo expressions do not confuse me. I know how they are used and where they are used, and they are *not* causing the problem. The passages that aren't changing tempo are 100s of measures past the nearest tempo expression. -- 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
