Whole Note Tuplets
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Dear all -
Today's "I've totally forgotten how to do something incredibly basic, and can't find it" question:
How do I enter a whole note tuplet so that the number(s) in the brackets appear correctly? (Speedy)
Thanks loads!
Today's "I've totally forgotten how to do something incredibly basic, and can't find it" question:
How do I enter a whole note tuplet so that the number(s) in the brackets appear correctly? (Speedy)
Thanks loads!
- Peter Thomsen
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I am sorry, but your question is still not clear to me.
I suspect that you are not talking “Finale-speak”?
A tuplet - in “Finale-speak” - means any tuplet: duplet, triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet, &c.
Are talking about a triplet?
Are you asking for a specific way to create it? - or for any way to create it?
Please explain.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
Hey Peter -
Yeah, I'm a little fried... Let's try again...
I can't remember how to apply a tuplet via the dialogue box to whole notes already entered, and avoid erasing and reentering pitches in order to invole the ctl x speedy shortcut.
Basically, I wish there were a whole note item in the tuplet dialogue numerator/denominator dropdowns.
Hope that's clearer...
And, thanks as always!
Yeah, I'm a little fried... Let's try again...
I can't remember how to apply a tuplet via the dialogue box to whole notes already entered, and avoid erasing and reentering pitches in order to invole the ctl x speedy shortcut.
Basically, I wish there were a whole note item in the tuplet dialogue numerator/denominator dropdowns.
Hope that's clearer...
And, thanks as always!
- motet
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You didn't answer my question in the redundant topic, so I'll post here. If it's really a tuplet of three whole notes you want, then in Speedy entry, press Ctrl-3 (for a triplet), then enter three whole notes. That's the standard way of entering a tuplet in Speedy and that's all there is to it. For a quadruplet, use Ctrl4, and so on. You are right that this can't be done in Simple entry or with the Tuplet tool.
- Peter Thomsen
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What “dialogue box” are you talking about?
Is it a dialogue box in the Speedy Entry Tool?
When you are in the Speedy Entry Tool, you can hit CTRL-1 to open the Tuplet Definition dialogue box.
Is that the “dialogue box” you are talking about?
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
Dear all
Thanks for your patience... Motet, I haven't seen the "redundant thread" so my apologies.
So here's a trivial example... The problem is that I cannot enter the pitches first and then (accurately) superimpose the outside triplet using the tuplet def window (no whole note option in the dropdown lists.)
In this case, I need to use an annoyingly sib-like workflow:
Speedy, ctl 3, enter first pitch as whole note, change duration to half, proceed...
in order to achieve the correct result: It isn't a huge deal, but it does tend to slow me down...
Thanks for your patience... Motet, I haven't seen the "redundant thread" so my apologies.
So here's a trivial example... The problem is that I cannot enter the pitches first and then (accurately) superimpose the outside triplet using the tuplet def window (no whole note option in the dropdown lists.)
In this case, I need to use an annoyingly sib-like workflow:
Speedy, ctl 3, enter first pitch as whole note, change duration to half, proceed...
in order to achieve the correct result: It isn't a huge deal, but it does tend to slow me down...
- motet
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Doesn't seem like much of an annoyance. Make sure the Speedy option "Insert notes or rests" is unchecked, then, after entering your whole note, press left-arrow followed by 6 and that's it. That seems quicker than anything involving a dialog box.
I agree that whole note should be on the pull-down choices in the tuplet dialog, but it ain't going to happen.