Steve,
Aaron is of course perfectly correct, but there may be another issue.
Are you using Simple Entry? I seem to remember way back in 2002 or
thereabouts that Simple Entry would NOT let you complete a measure
with a quarter-eighth triplet, or a half-quarter triplet, without
some fancy footwork.
It was a plain and ordinary bug, and to get around it you needed to
enter one of the earlier note values in the measure SHORTER than you
wanted, then enter the tuplet, then go back and change the value of
the first note to make the measure work out properly. In your case
you would make your note on beat 1 a QUARTER, then enter the tuplet,
then go back and change the quarter to a half.
Christopher
On Jul 26, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 02:32 PM 7/26/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In my current arranging project, I'm in 4/4, and have some bars
where I need
>quarter-note-triplets filling the bars (6 beats per bar), but...
the first 2
>beats of each triplet are a half-note. I can't seem to get Finale
to accept
>that.
You don't say what entry method you're using. In Speedy Entry, try
the following:
1. Ctrl-3 to set up triplet
2. Enter first note as a quarter note
3. Back up and change quarter note to a half note
4. Enter third part of triplet (quarter note)
The point is that the first duration you enter after setting up the
triplet will be used by Finale as the basis for the triplet. So, as
you've noticed, if you start a triplet with a half note, Finale
will assume you want three half notes in the space of two. The
workaround is to enter the first note as a quarter and then change
it to a half. Finale will still understand that you want three
quarters in the space of two.
Aaron.
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