I read the docs, watched Anthony’s videos, searched here and read “Getting Started with Dorico 3.5” and still not getting it. Time to understand this finally …
For example, I want to fit 6 notes in the space of an eighth note/quaver. Like this but without the rest, and with a proper duration - just six notes in the space of a half beat
I did think "well, do 8:1, eight in the space of 1, and just take half of that for the first eighth note and the rest of 6 sixteenths, but no
Questions:
3:2 specifies 3 notes in the space of 2 - the 2 refers to how many beats in the present time signature correct? Not grid, not anything else?
How do you specify fractional beats? Nothing I try works, for example 6 notes in the space of an eighth/quaver as specified above?
Any other tips to help this poor confused soul, I’m fundamentally missing something …
I think the first figure would be considered the correct one.
but just to ilustrate.
bar 1. Where you normally would expect 4 32th notes you have 6 (6:4)
bar 2. Where you normally would expect 2 16th notes you have 6 (6:2)
bar 3. Where you normally would expect 8 64th notes you have 6 (6:8)
If you create a tuplet by selecting a note first, then that note becomes the basis – for example 3 quarters in the time of 2 quarters for a quarter note triplet. With the popover you can specify a different note value as the basis with one of w, h, q, e, x, y, z (for whole note down to 64th note).
Normally four 32nd notes fit in an eighth, so to fit six 32nds you could:
Enter the first note as a 32nd, select that note, get the popover and type in 6:4
Or, quicker: During note entry you can type 6:4y to specify the 32nd basis
In other words, w/out a note selected the basis is the (lower value) of the time signature? So a x/4 time sig would be a quarter note basis, or a selected quarter note in any time signature?
Enter the first note as a 32nd, select that note, get the popover and type in 6:4
Yes! Thanks, I’ll practice this but it’s beginning to make some little sense
