Hi Noel,
Good solution!
Also, I think the "Trance" rhythm reads a little better when it's
*actually* notated in 12/8, without the incomplete triplets. You can
see it written out here:
http://secretsociety.typepad.com/darcy_james_argues_secret/2008/03/what-is-a-compo.html
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 24 Mar 2008, at 3:38 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
In the origin post for a moment, wherein Darcy asked about "another
way", which question I have not seen an answer to:
I set out to recreate the brief example from Michael Gordon's
"Trance" (great piece, BTW) in Finale -- with correct playback --
and quickly hit a brick wall.
The rhythm is (with "e" = eighth note, and "3" = one quarter-note
triplet):
4/4 | e e e e 3 3 3 | 3 e e e e 3 3 | 3 e e e e 3 3 | 3 3 e e e e 3
| 2/4 3 3 3 |
I couldn't figure out how to get Finale to accept the incomplete
quarter note triplet. What I need here "one quarter note in the
space of 2/3rds of a quarter note," but the Finale interface
doesn't provide for that. Is there another way?
My suggestion as another way: selecting a time signature of 12/8
display as 4/4. The notes designated by "e" would be notated as
duples (2 eighths in the place of three eighths); the quarter note
"triplets" designated by "3", then become "ordinary" quarter notes.
The principal advantage is that nested tuplets is not required.
ns
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