I don't have much to contribute - other than thanks for raising this topic once again, because it's something I've long been wishing was easier to do.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Wolf > Sent: 04 March 2007 20:38 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Non-powers of two denominators > > > On my blog, and in some private emails, I've had some discussion > recently about the lengthy kludges that are required to notate with > non-powers-of-two-denominators, so that the "counting units" are not > limited to wholes, halves, quarters, eighth, etc., but also include > other rational units, such as triplets ("thirds"), quintuplets > ("fifths") etc.. (Please let's not get into a lengthy > argument or flame > war about why one should or shouldn't want to do this; some > of us do it, > probably beginning with Henry Cowell, and we do it for legitimate > musical reasons. Basta.) > > The usual solution is to set up a metre that is as close in length as > possible as the metre desired, enter the notes and rhythms > we like and > then hide the metre. A new metre notation is then inserted as > a text or > graphic into a space created especially for the metre notation. > > This is unwieldy, especially since it seems like there could > be a much > easier solution. Time signature -> Options -> "Use another time > signature for display" already allows the presentation of a time > signature that is, as far as Finale is concerned, fictional. > > Given the fictional nature of the notation, does anyone know > if there is > any structural reason why "Use another time signature for display" > should be limited to powers-of-two? It seems like making > only a small > change in this feature (allowing other whole numbers in the > denominator) > would be an easy way for Finale to acquire a larger stake in the > experimental/complexity niche. > > Daniel Wolf > _______________________________________________ > 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
