Dots over barlines

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missa_kaput
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Post by missa_kaput » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:31 pm

Hello!
I am working on an edition of some 16th-century keyboard music and am trying to maintain certain elements of the original notation. I would really like to be able to have dotted note values go over barlines—e.g.
--> quarter note - barline - dot
instead of
--> quarter note + tie - barline - tied eighth note
Does anyone have a good workaround for this?
Thanks!
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Post by zuill » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:45 pm

You can force Finale to allow more beats than should be allowed by deselecting the option to check for extra notes.

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Post by missa_kaput » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:54 pm

Thank you — I'll try that! Where can I change that setting? I didn't see it under Document Options…

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Post by zuill » Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:02 pm

Both Simple and Speedy entry have their own setting.

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Post by missa_kaput » Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:35 pm

Found it - thanks!

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Post by motet » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:39 am

If both hands don't do this, you'll probably want to put a hidden rest after the baseline for the one that doesn't so that things will align vertically.

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Post by Peter S. » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:15 am

you could also create stemless notes and make them so small that they look like a dot. And then use them on the correct place...

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Post by John Ruggero » Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:45 pm

Peter S. wrote:you could also create stemless notes and make them so small that they look like a dot. And then use them on the correct place...
Ingenious. I am going to try it with a staccato dot replacing the notehead.
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