Christopher Smith wrote:
On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote:
Hi Folks,
couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I
apologize if this is an oft-repeated question.
How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in
6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell
finale to fill a bar with rests, it uses the quarter
and eighth rests rather than dotted ones. I think
that's fine for 6/8, but when you get into the larger
meters, having so many symbols makes it difficult to
group the beats together (e.g. there is no real "half"
rest for 12/8, which makes it hard to divide it into
mentally-manageable chunks).
Aside from your opinions on the subject, I guess my
real question is this: Is there a way for me to make
Finale use the rests that I prefer in a given meter? I
haven't spent much time looking yet, but figured you
guys could save me an hour or two!
In a word, no.
You will generally have to enter the dotted rests manually, but hey,
that's the same number of keystrokes as entering two rests, so no net
loss there.
Except when copying partial measures, when Finale will automatically
regroup rests to the default.
Christopher
I forgot to add in my first reply to this message, that it is important
to set the meters using the Time Signature and using the
"number-over-dotted-quarter" to set the compound meter to get the dotted
rests. Setting the meter to be "number over 8th" will prevent the
automatic use of dotted rests.
--
David H. Bailey
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