beams

[harp-lady]

I am writing in 3/4 time. I have an eighth rest and 5 eighth notes. I want my beams to go 3 then 2. I cannot make them do it! This pattern is the same for every measure throughout the piece.

[motet]

Assuming you have Finale and not something like Songwriter, either use a time signature of 1+3+2 over 8 (NOT 1/8 + 3/8 + 2/8--instead, put 1+3+2 in the same box) but displayed as 3/4, or else write everything in 3/4 and then use "Utilities/Rebeam/Rebeam to time signature and pick the composite time signature.

[motet]

Well, rats, rebeam to time signature should work and it doesn't. Maybe Zuill or Peter can help.

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[motet]

Meanwhile, simply rebeaming to 1/2 will work, as will starting out with the above composite time signature above displayed as 3/4.

[N Grossingink]

I could be wrong, but I've never seen beaming such as you describe. Beaming 1 + 2 + 2 shows the clear subdivision of the 3 beats.

N.

[Peter Thomsen]

Well, rats, rebeam to time signature should work and it doesn't. Maybe Zuill or Peter can help …

I am not sure which Peter you mean, but it works for me (sorry!)

motet, can you provide exact steps to reproduce the issue where it doesn’t work?

[motet]

I think here's what happened:

• Open a default document.
• Set time signature to 3/4.
• Enter an eighth rest and 5 eighth notes.
• Use Rebeam to time signature with 1+3+2 eighth notes.

This works. But now, open another default document and repeat. This time, when you get to Rebeam to time signature, it's mysteriously set to 3/8 and changing it to 1+3+2 gives incorrect results.

[Peter Thomsen]

I can reproduce that bug.

Looks like the Rebeam utility somehow gets “stuck’ after the first rebeaming.