How to create Cue notes at the beginning of a measure

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Post by ggivler » Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:23 pm

I would like to reproduce a score that looks like this, I need to do this a couple of times at the start of a measure. Any ideas how to do this on a Mac
Here is the example:
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Thanks in advance for the help.


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Post by miker » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:12 pm

I set a compound time signature for the first measure of 2+6 over 8, to display as 3/4. I entered the notes, hid extraneous rests, and reduced the note size to 60%. Altered the ties with the Tie Tool.
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Post by zuill » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:17 pm

You can do them as Grace Notes without any special work. Am I missing something?

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Post by miker » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:26 pm

Of course not! I just didn't think of the easy way. :mrgreen:
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Post by ggivler » Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:18 pm

Thank you that worked. Took me a while to figure it out, but your explanation was right on.

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Post by John Ruggero » Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:21 pm

They are called "grace notes", that is, small notes that are not included as part of the meter. "Cue notes" are something else.
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