I recenty had to solve a similar situation and I discovered (or should I had to know?!) that no matter about the time signature, empty bars need whole rest.
------ Gippo Mercoli www.clubgippo.com > Il giorno 16/mag/2014, alle ore 17:05, Martin Banner <mbanner...@aol.com> ha > scritto: > > I am preparing a modern edition of an 18th century choral/orchestral > work. The last several movements are in cut time (4/2), four beats to > a measure, half note gets the beat. > > Finale uses a whole rest as the default empty measure rest, but I'm > not sure if this is preferable, or a double whole rest (which is what > actually is written by the composer in his autograph score). For a > modern edition, is standard practice for an empty measure in 4/2 time > a whole rest or double whole rest? > > If the concensus is double whole rest, how does one get the double > whole rest centered in the empty measures? > > Thanks, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu