Copy & paste Tuplet

[jose oscar]

In measure 1/4 there is a tuplet.
When I copy & paste something odd happens and besides a new measure appears.

I appreciate your time and a help


Finale 25.4/ Windows 10

Copy & paste Tuplet Finaleforum.musx

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[Peter Thomsen]

You have attached two Finale documents.

Are they supposed to show the “before copying” and the “after copying”?

I do not see any differences between the two Finale documents.

… measure 1/4 …

Do you mean {measure 1, staff 4} ?

Are you saying that you are copying only {measure 1, staff 4} (= not the entire measure stack)?

I tried copying {measure 1, staff 4} to another measure.
For me it copied without problems.
In Other Words:
I am unable to reproduce your problem.

[jose oscar]

Thank you, Peter,

1) I intended to attach only one Finale document. It was a mistake to attach 2

2) measure 1/4 means measure 1 beat 4

3) the problem arises when I copy m. 1/4 of the staff 1 into the quarter rest of Staff 3

But I'm going to attach another Finale document deleting the unnecesa

Copy & paste Tuplet Finaleforum.musx

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[Peter Thomsen]

… the problem arises when I copy m. 1/4 of the staff 1 into the quarter rest of Staff 3 …

That tuplet (= Staff 1, Measure 1, Beat 4) is incorrect.

The tuplet is defined as
3 Eighths in the space of 1 Quarter

But the tuplet notes add up to 7 sixteenths, should be only 6 sixteenths.

Ideas/solutions:

1) Define the tuplet as a septuplet:
7 Sixteenths in the space of 2 Eighths

2) Change the last eighth to a sixteenth.
In that way the tuplet notes will add up to only 6 sixteenths.

3) Make the 3 sixteenths a triplet:
3 sixteenths in the space of 2 sixteenths
In that way the triplet notes will add up to only 6 sixteenths. (And you will get a nested tuplet)

[jose oscar]

Copy & paste Tuplet Finaleforum SOLUTION.musx

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Thank you very much, Peter.

Then the route to write this figure is either:

1) -With TUPLET(on the left) write the 3 eighths
-you will get a nested tuplet
- With the TUPLET TOOL (above, for the second eighth): Tuplet definition 3 sixteenths in the space of 2 sixteenths

or

2) Define the tuplet as a septuplet: 7 Sixteenths in the space of 2 Eighths

[Peter Thomsen]

… And, as you have found out, a correctly defined tuplet can be copy/pasted without “something odd” happening.