Changing time signature w/o messing up existing figures

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Post by bj nick » Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:38 am

I'm working on a piece in 5/4 and I need to insert one bar of 6/4, then right back to 5/4 for the rest of the piece. I've tried different ways with the same result: as soon as I change the time signature for that one bar, all the figures after that get messed up....beats are added, etc. So....there's something I'm not understanding about doing this properly.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:14 am

This works for me:

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Post by bj nick » Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:03 am

Okay, now I really feel stupid.......I used to know that! Anyway, thanks!
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Post by SeeJohnsonDrum » Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:01 pm

So what was the answer to this question? The linked image no longer exists.

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Post by bj nick » Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:13 pm

Honestly, it was a few years ago and I don't remember! What I recall is that it was very simple and intuitive; thus my response. My guess is Peter will respond soon and you'll be able to see it.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:38 pm

I, too, do not remember.

This is my guess.

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