On 23 Oct 2006 at 22:52, dc wrote: > David W. Fenton écrit: > >I've done quite a bit of such music and never felt I had a problem. > >What is the spacing issue that bothers you in that context? > > The spacing of the 3/1 sections ends up much too wide compared to that > of the C sections if you use the same spacing options. (When I started > to work on this repertoire some six years ago, I recall that this was > one of my first questions to the Finale list.) > > The 3/1 sections use mostly double whole notes and whole notes, > whereas the C sections use up to 16th notes. > > See for example > <http://www.philomela.net/sp/rovetta_gaudete_fratres_in_domino.gif> > > where I multiplied the "reference duration" by two for the 3/1 > sections.
But haven't you created the problem for yourself by halving the 4/2 section and leaving the 3/1 section in its original meter? If you were moving from 3/1 to 4/2 it would be the original ratios and you wouldn't have the spacing problem. This is something I see in editions all the time -- halving only the meters in 4 because apparently people are afraid of 4/2 or 4/1. The latter bothers me (as does 3/1), but it shouldn't -- it's absolutely one of the most standard meters in all music before 1700, and in liturgical music right into the 19th century. I would likely have halved both, with 3/2 and 4/4. But maybe I'm guessing wrong about the original mensuration sign (which I assume was a C). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
