At 11:29 PM -0400 9/28/07, Darcy James Argue wrote:
1) Would you consider it acceptable to force multimeasure rests in this situation (provided they always begin on the first measure of the 4+3 pattern)? Otherwise, I think the parts will be needlessly long and difficult to follow.
Agreed, counting individual measure rests would be difficult. But if I were sightreading, I would also find what you suggest just as difficult, and twice as confusing.
Perhaps Tchaikovsky and Dave Brubeck could suggest an answer. The 5/4 Tchaikovsky waltz is written in 5/4, but is consistently 2 + 3 beats. "Take 5" is in 5/4, but is consistently 3 + 2 beats. Would not writing in 7/4 solve your problem?
I don't think this is necessarily a Finale problem. The same decision would have to be made even if you were hand copying.
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