Finale is inserting extra quarter rest in 3/4 time

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sasjammin
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Post by sasjammin » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:33 pm

I set the time signature to 3/4. Finale 2014 running on Windows is inserting rests as if the time signature is 4/4. Example: I enter quarter note and and half note in a measure and move on to the next measure. Finale then inserts a quarter note rest at the end of the previous measure.


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Post by miker » Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:10 pm

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motet
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Post by motet » Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:00 pm

Double-click on the measure in question with the Time Signature tool. Does it say 3/4 or 4/4? A couple of things could cause the 4/4 not to show, or to show as 3/4, but run that experiment first and we'll go from there.

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