Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-23 Thread dhbailey
Leigh Daniels wrote: Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied versions? I get requests from players to replace dots with ties. **Leigh I think that there isn't an easy answer to Leigh's question. Certainly dotted halves can't be presenting problems for people beyond th

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-23 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: Let's say you have these tied note durations: quarter-eight-sixteenth You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern? Best regards, Jar

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Carl Dershem
Leigh Daniels wrote: Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied versions? I get requests from players to replace dots with ties. **Leigh Depends on what you're used to, and how much practice you have at both/either. I prefer dots myself, but some people don't see them ofte

Re(2): [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Leigh Daniels
Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied versions? I get requests from players to replace dots with ties. **Leigh On Sat, Dec 22, 2007, Lee Actor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Quarter-dotted eighth scans much better than dotted quarter-sixteenth. The >second case is not quit

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:19 PM 12/22/2007, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Let's say you have these tied note durations: >quarter-eight-sixteenth > >You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To >create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same >rule if were half-quarter-eight pat

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Definitely quarter + dotted eighth. (When a beat contains sixteenth subdivisions, I generally try to show the beginning of the beat.) And yes, definitely half + dotted quarter for the second example. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 22 Dec 2007, at 3:19 PM, Jari Will

RE: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Lee Actor
> Let's say you have these tied note durations: > quarter-eight-sixteenth > > You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To > create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same > rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern? > > > Best regards, > > Jari Williamss

[Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
Let's say you have these tied note durations: quarter-eight-sixteenth You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern? Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___