[Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread Neal Gittleman
Greetings… I'm working on something now that has me going through all sorts of contortions, and before I continue contorting, maybe someone can point me in a better direction. Here's the situation… Cut time, and the composer's notation in each bar is as follows: two dotted half notes with

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Tue, June 5, 2012 5:18 pm, Neal Gittleman wrote: Cut time, and the composer's notation in each bar is as follows: two dotted half notes with eighth-note slash for repeated notes and a 6 above each note, yielding 12 sextuplet eighths in each bar. What I've been doing is this… enter

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread SN jef chippewa
your filters might have some things unchecked (cmd-opt-sh-f on mac or via the edit menu as of 2010 [or possibly earlier]) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 6/5/2012 5:18 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Cut time, and the composer's notation in each bar is as follows: two dotted half notes with eighth-note slash for repeated notes and a 6 above each note, yielding 12 sextuplet eighths in each bar. A couple of things come to mind. The first, if

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Tue, June 5, 2012 6:32 pm, Aaron Sherber wrote: 2. Cursor back Yeah, that's what I meant in mine, not backspace. Exactly the same procedure as I use. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread SN jef chippewa
create (2x) tuplets -- 1 dotted half : half add slash as articulation add 6 as articulation (centred, avoids stafflines, above note / stem side according to your prefs) copy-paste as needed far less kludging and far easier / quicker to set up, and the aug dot will position itself properly

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread SN jef chippewa
create (2x) tuplets -- 1 dotted half : half (with bracket and number hidden) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Is There an Easier Way?

2012-06-05 Thread Neal Gittleman
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up creating a solution of my own -- making the bars 12/8 with cut-time as the alternate display time signature, then adding the 6s as articulations. Still not 100% elegant, but it works! Neal Gittleman ___