No. 693

An Option to Control Automatic Rebeaming when Copying Music

IWBNI there were an option that could be used to specify whether or not music should be rebeamed automatically when it is copied. As it is now, music is rebeamed (or not) automatically depending on the following factors:

  1. The function, feature or utility that is being used to copy music.
  2. The method used to select the region from which music is to be copied.
  3. The dimensions of the selected region from which music is to be copied.
  4. The dimensions of the target region into which music is to be copied.
For example, suppose the following measure of music has been selected to be copied to the next measure:

Under some conditions, the new music will be beamed to match the beaming of the original as shown in the following figure:


Copy is Not Rebeamed

In other cases, the new music will be rebeamed to match the time signature of the target measure as shown in the following figure:


Copy is Rebeamed

The following table descriibes some of the situations in which copies would be rebeamed:
 
Procedure Result
1. Select/Check Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Drag-select entire measure.
4. Drag selected measure to the next measure, or press Ctrl+Shift and click on the first beat of the next measure.		 Rebeamed
1. Select/Check Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Drag-select entire measure.
4. Select Edit>Copy.
5. Drag-select a portion (but not all) of the next measure and include the first beat of the next measure in the selected region, or drag-select the entire next measure, or double-click the next measure.
6. Select Edit>Replace Entries or Edit>Insert.		 Rebeamed
1. Select/Check Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Double-click measure.
4. Drag selected measure to the next measure, or press Ctrl+Shift and click on the first beat of the next measure.		 Not rebeamed
1. Select/Check Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Double-click measure.
4. Select Edit>Copy.
5. Drag-select a portion (but not all) of the next measure and include the first beat of the next measure in the selected region.
6. Select Edit>Replace Entries or Edit>Insert.		 Rebeamed
1. Select/Check Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Double-click measure.
4. Select Edit>Copy.
5. Drag-select the entire next measure, or double-click the next measure.
6. Select Edit>Replace Entries or Edit>Insert.		 Not rebeamed
1. Deselect/Uncheck Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Click measure or drag-select measure.
4. Drag selected measure to the next measure, or press Ctrl+Shift and click on the first beat of the next measure.		 Not rebeamed
1. Deselect/Uncheck Edit>Select Partial Measures.
2. Select mass mover tool.
3. Click measure or drag-select measure.
4. Select Edit>Copy.
5. Drag-select or click next measure.
6. Select Edit>Replace Entries or Edit>Insert.		 Not rebeamed

This feature could be implemented by adding a submenu called Rebeam on Copy to the Edit menu that could contain the following menu items: Default, Always and Never. If the menu item Default is checked, copied music would be rebeamed or not rebeamed automatically as in the current version of Finale. If the menu item Always (Never) is checked, copied music would be automatically rebeamed under all (no) conditions.



Created: August 11, 2000
Last Updated: August 11, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b