On Tue Oct 7, at TuesdayOct 7 6:52 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: > On 10/7/2014 6:28 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >> I'm working on a piece in 7/4 that has dotted barlines showing the 4+3 or >> 3+4 subdivisions. So far the way I am handling it is to put in 2 "real" >> bars totaling 7/4 for each graphic bar, with dotted barlines on the odd >> real bars and "include in meas numbering" unchecked on the even real bars. >> Leaving aside the vagaries of unchecking "include in meas numbering", which >> like so many recent Finale features is only about 60% implemented >> throughout the program, the main issue I have is multimeas rest in the >> parts. The only solution I have come up with is to put real rest in, force >> create the multimeas rest (using my plugin for the purpose) and then >> manually add the multimeas rest with expressions. >> >> Does anyone have a better overall solution than this? >> > > I can't think of a better solution for 7/4 other than to suggest that if > it were converted to 7/8 it would be much easier to show the 3-4 and 4-3 > grouping via barring and you wouldn't need to mess around with measure > numbers or multi-rests. > > Another solution for 7/4 (not necessarily better, but different) would > be to leave them as 7/4 measures and create an articulation of a dotted > vertical line which you can then insert where you want in each measure > -- again no measure number messes and no multi-rest problems. > > > -- > David H. Bailey
Your second paragraph is what I do, except I use the dotted barline expression that comes with Finale now for a few versions, and use a blank articulation if I need to open up more horizontal space. Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
