No. 669
Allow End-of-Measure Tuplets with Simple Entry and Check for Extra
Notes
IWBNI it were possible to add or insert notes to complete a tuplet at
the end of a measure with the simple entry tool when the option Check
for Extra Notes has been selected on the Simple menu.
With this feature, for example one could do the following:
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Select the simple entry tool and select the option Check for Extra Notes
on the Simple menu.
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In a measure with time signature 4/4, enter 3 quarter notes followed by
one eighth note.
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Select the tuplet tool and click the eighth note which is on the last beat
of the measure to create a tuplet of 3 eighth notes in the time of 2 eighth
notes.
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Select the simple entry tool.
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Press the Eighth Note button on the Simple Entry Palette.
Click between the eighth note and the right barline to enter two more eighth
notes after the existing eighth note to complete the tuplet.
As it is now, it is not possible to perform step 5. The third eighth note
of the triplet cannot be entered by following these steps. As it is now,
in place of step 5, one may uncheck the menu item Check for Extra Notes
on the
Simple menu, enter the third eighth note, and select the
menu item
Check for Extra Notes to restore the setting of this option.
Or, one may delete one of the quarter notes, enter the third eighth note
of the triplet, and then insert the quarter note that has been deleted.
Or, one may change the time signature of the bar temporarily to increase
the number of beats in the measure to 5, enter the third eighth note of
the triplet, and then change the time signature of the measure back to
4/4. Or, one may use the speedy entry tool to enter the third eighth note
of the triplet by placing the insertion bar after the existing two eighth
notes at the appropriate pitch and pressing the 4 key (regardless of whether
or not the option Check for Extra Notes is selected on the Speedy
menu).
Created: July 26, 2000
Last Updated: July 26, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b