Thanks to everyone for your advice. It seems there is not a standard for this. I am going with the 8th note tuplet. That seems to be the clearest choice for this particular piece.
-----Original Message----- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Dutka Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 1:52 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Tuplet in 6/8 I do that all the time, I've always used the dotted eighths, and I've never had issues with musicians over that notation. FWIW. Best, Mike On Jul 5, 2017 1:00 PM, <finale-requ...@shsu.edu> wrote: Send Finale mailing list submissions to finale@shsu.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to finale-requ...@shsu.edu You can reach the person managing the list at finale-ow...@shsu.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Tuplet in 6/8 (Lee Dengler) 2. Re: Tuplet in 6/8 (Robert Patterson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 11:18:05 -0400 From: "Lee Dengler" <leedeng...@comcast.net> Subject: [Finale] Tuplet in 6/8 To: <finale@shsu.edu> Message-ID: <028401d2f5a1$e73b7920$b5b26b60$@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi All, I am engraving a piece that is in 6/8. There are places where the dotted quarter beat is divided into 2. I've seen scores where that is notated with 2 dotted eighth notes and I've seen notated as a 2 eighth note tuplet. Which is correct or can either be used? Thanks to anyone who can offer their advice. Lee Dengler leedeng...@comcast.net <mailto:leedeng...@comcast.net> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 11:28:31 -0500 From: Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> Subject: Re: [Finale] Tuplet in 6/8 To: finale <finale@shsu.edu> Message-ID: <CAACnceuL1wv8bR5n7pDuk3Z1ngk=rwitowwe_fjpoaumapu...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Two dotted 8ths (without a tuplet) is always acceptable. According most notation books I've read, the "correct" way to do it with tuplets is two 4trs in the time of three 8ths. However, I have found in practice that two 8ths in the time three 8ths is easier for must musicians to read, so I tend to prefer that if I don't use dotted 8ths. I've encountered all three in printed music editions. On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Lee Dengler <leedeng...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am engraving a piece that is in 6/8. There are places where the > dotted quarter beat is divided into 2. I've seen scores where that is > notated with > 2 dotted eighth notes and I've seen notated as a 2 eighth note tuplet. > Which is correct or can either be used? Thanks to anyone who can > offer their advice. > > Lee Dengler > > leedeng...@comcast.net <mailto:leedeng...@comcast.net> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 End of Finale Digest, Vol 168, Issue 4 ************************************** _______________________________________________ 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