Ryan, I checked the Dolmetsch book, and if I read it correctly, yes, double whole rests are the standard in 4/2 time. The piece that I am editing is a multimovement work, with the first movement being in 4/4 time, and the last movement being the one in 4/2 time. I may have to resort to speedy entry and put in the double whole rests. Do you know how I can get Finale to center those double whole rests (I did that many years ago, but don't remember how I did centered the rests).
Thanks, Martin On May 16, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Ryan wrote: > You're correct that the convention is to use a double whole rest in > 4/2 > (and possibly some other large meters). I'd say that today that > practice is > somewhat antiquated. Players will instantly understand that they are > to > remain silent for the entire measure if there's a regular whole rest. > > That being said, if you really want the double whole rest as the > Default > Whole Rest in Finale, go to Doc Options>Notes & Rests>Rest > Characters pop > up menu. Choose Default Whole Rest. Select the double whole rest > character > (it's in slot 227 on my machine). Note that this will change all > default > whole rests for every measure, regardless of the time signature. If > you're > working in only 4/2, then this is probably OK. AFAIK, there is no > way to > have Finale automatically use double whole rests in 4/2 and regular > whole > rests in all other meters in the same document. You could insert them > manually as expressions, though. > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Gippo Mercoli <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I recenty had to solve a similar situation and I discovered (or >> should I >> had to know?!) that no matter about the time signature, empty bars >> need >> whole rest. >> >> >> ------ >> >> Gippo Mercoli >> www.clubgippo.com >> >>> Il giorno 16/mag/2014, alle ore 17:05, Martin Banner <[email protected] >>> > >> ha scritto: >>> >>> I am preparing a modern edition of an 18th century choral/orchestral >>> work. The last several movements are in cut time (4/2), four beats >>> to >>> a measure, half note gets the beat. >>> >>> Finale uses a whole rest as the default empty measure rest, but I'm >>> not sure if this is preferable, or a double whole rest (which is >>> what >>> actually is written by the composer in his autograph score). For a >>> modern edition, is standard practice for an empty measure in 4/2 >>> time >>> a whole rest or double whole rest? >>> >>> If the concensus is double whole rest, how does one get the double >>> whole rest centered in the empty measures? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Martin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> [email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
