Beaming ⅝ as a single beat?

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Vaughan
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Post by Vaughan » Tue May 09, 2017 7:13 am

I'm afraid I've forgotten if there's a way to set the Time Signature to beam 5 eighths together. I tried the composite TS window but I couldn't find a denominator value which would yield the desired result. It's not a problem to beam everything after the fact but I was just wondering...
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Tue May 09, 2017 12:16 pm

Calculation:
5/8 = 0.625

In Other Words:
Set the composite time signature to
0.625
over
1
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Post by BuonTempi » Tue May 09, 2017 1:33 pm

Rebeam to Time Sig works if you use a larger value than the bar, e.g. 1 dotted minim or a semibreve.
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Post by motet » Tue May 09, 2017 3:58 pm

I had no idea you could use a decimal point in a composite time signature!
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed May 10, 2017 5:04 am

Actually, the Time Signature Tool is quite powerful.

Here is another way to “skin the cat”:
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Post by Vaughan » Wed May 10, 2017 8:21 am

Two brilliant solutions. Thank you, Peter!
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Post by motet » Wed May 10, 2017 3:52 pm

Fantastic, Peter!

I wonder why 0.625/1 only shows a half note in the graphic.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed May 10, 2017 4:50 pm

motet wrote:… I wonder why 0.625/1 only shows a half note in the graphic.
Just “one of those things”, I guess.

Obviously it qualifies as a (minor) bug in the User Interface.
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