How to make double dotted notes ?
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- michelp
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- Finale Version: 27.4.1,26.3.1, Mont.
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In speedy entry, you just type the dot twice.
Michel
MacOsX 12.7.4, Finale 27.4.1 & 26.3.1, Mac Mini Intel Dual Core i7 3Ghz, 16 Go Ram. Azerty kb. MOTU Midi Express XT USB, Roland Sound Canvas SC-88vl, MOTU Audio Express. 2 monitors (27"' pivot, 24'"), JW Lua, RGP Lua
MacOsX 12.7.4, Finale 27.4.1 & 26.3.1, Mac Mini Intel Dual Core i7 3Ghz, 16 Go Ram. Azerty kb. MOTU Midi Express XT USB, Roland Sound Canvas SC-88vl, MOTU Audio Express. 2 monitors (27"' pivot, 24'"), JW Lua, RGP Lua
- Peter Thomsen
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If you are using Simple Entry with the mouse, you don't have the option of clicking an icon with a double-dotted note.
When a note is selected, you can double-dot it with the computer keyboard (hit the . key), but you can't double-dot a note with the mouse.
Note entry with mouse-click is mostly for beginners, as it lacks some of the advanced options, like double-dotted notes.
(However, note entry with mouse-click has some special possibilities for power users, like entering a gazillion of dotted eighths, or inserting a note)
I strongly recommend that you give mouse entry a break, and take the time to learn Simple Entry with computer keyboard.
The tutorial document "EntryExercise.MUS" will give you a lot of tricks.
Peter
When a note is selected, you can double-dot it with the computer keyboard (hit the . key), but you can't double-dot a note with the mouse.
Note entry with mouse-click is mostly for beginners, as it lacks some of the advanced options, like double-dotted notes.
(However, note entry with mouse-click has some special possibilities for power users, like entering a gazillion of dotted eighths, or inserting a note)
I strongly recommend that you give mouse entry a break, and take the time to learn Simple Entry with computer keyboard.
The tutorial document "EntryExercise.MUS" will give you a lot of tricks.
Peter
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
for those of us who are not so good with the other entries (will look at the tutorial when I have time). Remember, you can break them down to their component parts; e.g.: a double dotted quarter note can be a dotted quarter note tied to a 16th note. Just a reminder.