> I would place the three notes in the system above, preceeding them with a dashed barline (and hiding the one that moves to the next system). Consider attaching a note to the conductor at the bottom of the page. > > Cecil Rigby > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Taris L Flashpaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 3/15/2003 12:10:28 AM > > Subject: [Finale] Notation question > > > > Hi all: > > This is a question I've been puzzling over for quite some time and it > > relates to a piece I'm composing for women's choir. The piece is totally > > ametric (in the nature of John Taverner's "Village Wedding"). There is no > > time signature, but the music is barred. Each system is one complete > > measure and the meter changes from bar to bar. So one bar is in 16/4, the > > next in 11/4, the next in 15/4. Makes for a lovely effect. > > What I need to know is how I can notate three notes in this system that > > have the quality of a pickup measure. They can't have any accent but the > > mild stress of the phrase must be on the fourth note (the one after these > > three, which in conventionally barred music, would be in the next measure.) > > In 4/4, the way I would do it is to have: > > BAR 1: Quarter rest - note #1 - note #2 - note #3 > > BAR 2: note #4 - etc... > > > > How would I accomplish this in an ametric system? > > > > Taris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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