Hi Chuck, 

I just sent you an edited version. Because of the tuplets, the 1/4 solution 
won't be optimal. I used my solution instead.

Hey, it's great that there ARE so many ways around this!

Christopher


On Sun Sep 16, at SundaySep 16 6:43 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:

> Hi Darcy,
> 
> I just sent you the score - to get a more specific opinion.  But just so you 
> and Christopher know what I'm facing here, this is the bridge of Bill Evans' 
> "Five", in which not only are the measures divided as I describe, but the 
> melody is overlaid in groups of 4 quarters in the space of three quarters 
> (4:3 tuplets), starting on the second beat of the 4/4 measure.  (Of course, 
> these are two rhythmically symmetrical phrases, so you only have to solve it 
> once).
> 
> I played the bass part to this hundreds of times and never once thought about 
> how it might be notated.  This score supports my contention that there was 
> extraordinary invention in Bill's rhythm - a largely ignored element when 
> people discuss his music.
> 
> I'll send this to Christopher too.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Chuck,
>> 
>> Chris has given you the solution for what you want (system-long measures 
>> with barlines and time signatures added as expressions/articulations). 
>> 
>> Depending on the complexity of the part, and whether you need the drum part 
>> to appear in the score, there is also the option of creating the drum part 
>> as a completely separate Finale document.
>> 
>> Another option -- and I'm sure you've considered this -- might be to notate 
>> the entire thing in 4/4, using accents to create the implied downbeats in 
>> the horns etc. (and perhaps even a dashed line showing the implied meters). 
>> This is a strategy that has worked well for my music in the past -- implying 
>> different meters superimposed onto the 4/4 grid, without changing the actual 
>> underlying time signature. 
>> 
>> This approach might not be suitable for what you've written, but it does 
>> have the advantage of being much easier to do in Finale than asymmetrical 
>> barlines, and also gives you consistent measure numbers in the drum part vs. 
>> the other parts.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> - DJA
>> -----
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 16 Sep 2012, at 3:09 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a drum part with an independent time signature (that has been 
>>> selected in the attributes for this staff), but I don't know how to rebar 
>>> the music for the drum part.
>>> 
>>> All other parts have one measure of 4/4, 4 measures of 3/4, one measure of 
>>> 4/4 and 4 measures of 3/4 again.  This adds up to 8 measures of 4/4 for the 
>>> drummer, and I want the drummer to see only that - not to be distracted by 
>>> what the other players are doing.  When I change the time signature on the 
>>> drum part for the affected measures, the 3/4 measures are changed to 4/4, 
>>> but there are too many bar lines, and too many beats.
>>> 
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Chuck
>>> 
>>> 
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