Colon Nancarrow Scores

[Martin Salinas]

I am trying to enter some examples of Colon Nancarrow in Finale 2006, but I wonder if anybody has approached irrational rhythms before with Finale.

1)How many divissions of the beat can you do if there is such a thing like a playlist?

2)Can the notation match the playback?

3)Can we set different tempo in different parts against each other?

[Peter Thomsen]

...1)How many divisions of the beat can you do if there is such a thing like a playlist?...

Finale uses EDUs (Enigma Durational Units).
1 Quarter = 1024 EDUs
This means that all tuplets are calculated as EDUs.

...2)Can the notation match the playback?...

...3)Can we set different tempo in different parts against each other?...

I doubt that hyperscribe is capable of making the notation match your playing in two different tempos at the same time.
Hyperscribe can only use one tempo at a time.

But "the other way around" is possible:
Finale's playback can match the notation of two different tempos at the same time.

You can use tuplets that don't display as tuplets.
So the idea is that you set 1 (one) tempo only, and then calculate a tuplet to get the other tempo.

An example:

To get the tempos
Quarter = 81
and
Quarter = 78
(tempo ratio 27:26)
set a time signature of 13/8 with the tempo of Quarter = 78
Then the tempo of Quarter = 81 can be achieved as a tuplet of
27 Sixteenths in the space of 26 Sixteenths.

Set the tuplet to display "Nothing" for the Number and the Shape.

Peter