It's really very simple. In 4/4 time, use dotted quarters on beats one and three, but not on beat two.
When I asked my comp teacher, way back in undergrad, why dotted quarters were OK in 4/4, he said "Because they're easy!" (He was quite a stickler, too. Because of him, I still cringe whenever I see half rests in 3/4.) Ray _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale