Subdividing tuplet notes on the last beat

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Post by Divergent_Integral » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:29 pm

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum. Let's go straight ahead to my first question.

I have a bunch of quintuplets (in a harp arpeggio) consisting of 16th notes, completely filling a 3/4 measure. If afterwards, in revising my composition, I want to subdivide one of these 16ths into two 32ths, with simple entry, it works fine and as expected on all the beats except the last. There Finale will always make me come up one 32th note short. How do I work around that? (I got it to work once, but unfortunately I've forgotten how.)

Thanks for any suggestions!
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Post by miker » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:35 pm

The easiest way is to define the tuplet before you enter it on the last beat.

You can get around this by unchecking Check for Extra Notes in the Simple and/or Speedy menus.
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Post by Divergent_Integral » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:42 pm

miker wrote:The easiest way is to define the tuplet before you enter it on the last beat.

You can get around this by unchecking Check for Extra Notes in the Simple and/or Speedy menus.
Many thanks for your reply!

The tuplets have already been entered; I had hoped it would be possible to edit them afterwards. But if I understand correctly what you're saying, then it's easier to just delete the tuplet on the last beat of every measure and enter it again, in the way you described, right?
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Post by zuill » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:54 pm

Instead, highlight the 16th and use the plugin (plugin menu) under Note, Beam and Rest Editing called Rhythmic Subdivisions. Choose the option to divide into 2 equal values.

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Post by miker » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:08 pm

Many ways to do it. Pick the one you like best! I always forget about the plugins.
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Post by Divergent_Integral » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:14 pm

Thanks people! I got it to work, simply by unchecking "Check for extra notes" in the Simple Entry menu, as miker said.
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