Finale Notepad is inventing beats that do not exist
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:18 pm
Hi all, I'm new to Finale Notepad, but have been reading music since I was seven. I now read it as well as most people read their own language. However - I am going to seriously fall out with Finale Notepad.
I thought that Notepad would be perfect for writing the reduction of a copy I have of Claude Debussy's piece "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder", which is one of his "Trois chansons". It is a lovely piece, and I want to be able to teach it to amateur singers who do not read music. It is very difficult to read anyway, with lots of counterpoint rhythms, so I thought Finale Notepad would be ideal. If you want to hear it (which might give you an idea how tricky it can be, but also why it is so beautiful!) listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HeyKRXKkM
I want to write out the piano reduction of four vocal parts, then make a separate sheet with each line written out on top of the piano score as a vocal part. This way, I could send each singer his or her part with the piano accompaniment underneath for them to practice and gain confidence.
Well, even with the layers Finale is playing me up. The music is in 3/4 time, and written out in quavers (you may call these 8th notes) and has regular 16th note triplets scattered about the parts. So if there are two quavers followed by a 16th note triplet run (which should take the same time as a quaver) then another quaver then another 16th note triplet run then another quaver, that is the bar or measure full. Not in Finale! It keeps adding one or two 16th note rests, or refusing to put in the final quaver.
I am writing this out from a professional score, and I know it is right. So why is Finale getting the musical maths wrong?!
This is the piece of music I really needed Notepad's help with, because of the clever playback function. I love the fact that I can write music out more tidily and speedily, but the software fault is driving me insane... Please help.
I thought that Notepad would be perfect for writing the reduction of a copy I have of Claude Debussy's piece "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder", which is one of his "Trois chansons". It is a lovely piece, and I want to be able to teach it to amateur singers who do not read music. It is very difficult to read anyway, with lots of counterpoint rhythms, so I thought Finale Notepad would be ideal. If you want to hear it (which might give you an idea how tricky it can be, but also why it is so beautiful!) listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HeyKRXKkM
I want to write out the piano reduction of four vocal parts, then make a separate sheet with each line written out on top of the piano score as a vocal part. This way, I could send each singer his or her part with the piano accompaniment underneath for them to practice and gain confidence.
Well, even with the layers Finale is playing me up. The music is in 3/4 time, and written out in quavers (you may call these 8th notes) and has regular 16th note triplets scattered about the parts. So if there are two quavers followed by a 16th note triplet run (which should take the same time as a quaver) then another quaver then another 16th note triplet run then another quaver, that is the bar or measure full. Not in Finale! It keeps adding one or two 16th note rests, or refusing to put in the final quaver.
I am writing this out from a professional score, and I know it is right. So why is Finale getting the musical maths wrong?!
This is the piece of music I really needed Notepad's help with, because of the clever playback function. I love the fact that I can write music out more tidily and speedily, but the software fault is driving me insane... Please help.