On 19.02.2004 18:13 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > As I said the before, the problem here is precisely the same as we > have with beaming. For beaming we have the method available to us of > grouping beams of 8ths in 4's in 4/4. For Finale to really handle 4/4 > properly, it would need the same conventions built into its handling > of transcribing rhythms that extend beyond one beat. How that could > be done, I don't know.
Finale deals just fine with beaming in 4/4, as long as the relevant option is switched on. This has been there for quite a few versions. > > But there really is a rule that Finale is following, if too simple- > mindedly. The result that Finale comes up with is not *wrong*, it's > just not optimal from the standpoint of convention and readability. Well, you have just contracicted yourself. In your earlier post you wrote: > Finale is actually correct about this, because you've told it that > the beat is the quarter note, and modern notational standards require > that note values larger than the beat (with certain exceptions) be > notated with smaller note values tied together. and that's what I object to. Note the wording "require". There are no such modern notational standards. "With certain exception" is not really enough to account for the vast majority of all music. > > Perhaps, Johannes, if you're unable to read the meters I mention > accurately, you might also be inaccurate in your interpretation of > other things I've said. You are right, I misread (actually mis-remembered) the meter you gave. It doesn't actually change much, though. Also, Finale can copy correctly (ie accurately) provided you know where the option is. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
