On Sep 9, 2006, at 10:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The problem I'm having with making triplets occurs when I enter them in speedy entry. The spacing or duration is somehow thrown off when I enter a triplet consisting of a quarter note to an eighth note. There must be an easy fix for this.
Ah ha! I know what you're doing. You are hitting shift-3 (opt-3 on Mac) to define a triplet, as you should. Now the next keystroke is of vital importance, because it tells Finale whether it is an eighth- note, quarter-note, or whatever triplet. If you hit 4 entering the next note, Finale knows it is supposed to be an 8th note triplet. But you are probably hitting 5 for a quarter note, which tells Finale to expect a quarter note triplet, thus messing up the spacing (and incidentally probably creating an incomplete measure).
The solution is to hit shift-3 to start the triplet, then enter an EIGHTH note (NOT a quarter!) as the first note. Then hit left arrow, hit 5 to change it to a quarter, then enter the last 8th note.
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