You could always try a fine dotted barline with a small (3) in parenthesis above it just to show that it is written as intended.
Liudas ----- Original Message ----- From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Triplet question > Either will be hard to read (and try to count) at first glance. So I > would probably just put the triplet there without any tie to show the > half-measure as probably being only slightly less confusing. > > David H. Bailey > > > > Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > Okay, > > > > In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth > > note values or smaller. > > > > However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following > > rhythm: > > > > quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: two eighth notes > > followed an eighth rest - eighth rest - quarter rest > > > > In other words, an eighth-note triplet starting on the "and" of two. > > > > I guess the "correct" way to write this would be to split the eighth > > note triplet into two groups of sixteenth note triplets, like this: > > > > quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: an eighth note > > followed by a sixteenth note, tied to a triplet consisting of: a > > sixteenth note followed by an eighth rest - eighth rest - quarter rest. > > > > This would correctly show beat 3 of the measure. But in this case, I > > think the above notation (with the tie) is actually much more difficult > > to read than a single eighth-note triplet starting on beat 2.5. > > > > What say you all? > > > > - Darcy > > > > ----- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Brooklyn NY > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > . > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
