Thanks, Scott - that's helpful to know. When I first tried it I didn't like how close the two signatures were to each other (looked like a time sig. of 93/84), but I enlarged the font size of the space to make it look right.
Gardner Read refers to this and similar situations as combined meters (p. 166 of "Music Notation") and puts the second signature in parentheses, or in the case of 6/8 and 3/4, for example, separates them with an equal sign. So, is there a way to do this totally within Finale's time signature and not resort to also using an expression? I tried briefly to do this and didn't really come up with anything. Thanks, Don Hart on 1/22/05 9:18 AM, Scott Jones at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The easiest way to do it is to create a time signature of 9/8 + 3/4 and > then go in and change the + to a blank character. That will remove it > and also remove the space between the two time signatures and make it > look how you want it to be. > On Jan 22, 2005, at 6:11 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > >> Horace Brock wrote: >>> What would be the best way to do two time signatures in the same >>> staff? Say you had a triple meter that could be triple-duple or >>> triple-triple (3/4 or 9/8), what would be the best way to put the two >>> side by side at the beginning of the piece? The source has the second >>> sig in parentheses. >>> I thought of creating an expression for the second one (REALLY large >>> parentheses, and not in Maestro). >> >> Good approach, specially if you're using Fin2005. Create the time sig >> in the shape designer, put it in the score as a measure expression >> (reference it horizontally from the beginning of the music, for >> example) and in the measure attributes for that measure, add the extra >> space needed at the start of measure. >> >> If you do this properly, you never have to worry about spacing or >> other side-effects. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jari Williamsson >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
