JW Rhythm Copy works great for me! Giovanni
-------- Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com <http://www.giovanniandreani.com/> www.ga-music.com <http://www.ga-music.com/> www.twitter.com/MrAvenarius > On 17 Jul 2015, at 05:23, Christopher Smith <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Depending on the passage, there are possibly two ways to do this. > > 1. Enter the passage first that will contain the correct rhythm. Copy it to > another staff. Using the Repitch command in Simple Entry, click on the first > note, then on the MIDI keyboard just play the pitches you want one after > another, in any rhythm or speed. The cursor will automatically step forward > to the next note, skipping rests. Remember to hit the same pitch TWICE if it > is tied (once for each note head.) > > 2. Enter the pitches, then use JW Rhythm Copy to copy the rhythm from another > staff. This may not work as you want, depending on what the passage is like. > JW Rhythm Copy will also copy a notation pattern (do you mean turn a dotted > quarter into a separate quarter, then an eighth, or turn it into a quarter > TIED to an eighth? JW will do the second easily.) > > Christopher > > > On Thu Jul 16, at ThursdayJul 16 11:05 PM, MB wrote: > >> I'd like to be able to input a long string of pitches that would adopt a >> preset rhythmic pattern; or vice versa, I'd like to input a string of >> pitches and then modify them to fit a repeating rhythm pattern. I'd also >> like to be able to modify rhythms more easily, as in changing -- in one fell >> swoop -- a whole set of dotted quarters into quarters * eighths. >> I can input using one hand on the midi keyboard and the other on the num >> pad, but changing numbers and symbols while inputting notes can be slow, >> clunky, and usually results in having to redo errors. Using hyperscribe >> doesn't work well for this task, either, partly because I have to >> concentrate on remembering not to use the standard pianist technique of >> syncopated pedaling, and also because it requires memorizing the rhythm >> pattern. >> TG Tools won't allow this kind of modification because you have to have >> exactly the same number of notes in the rhythm and pitch staves, not to >> mention you have to set up the rhythm pattern in advance. Again, slow and >> clumsy if you do this sort of thing very often. >> I've looked at upgrading to Fin2014 but fail to find anything that makes >> this kind of operation easier. >> Am I overlooking something? Is there an easy way to do this within >> Finale?Has anyone else conquered this problem, perhaps with macro software? >> And if so, what software did you use? >> >> Many thanks for any advice.Marilyn >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> <https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale> >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > <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]
