Having a hard time entering tuplets. Triplets are easy and work flawlessly. However, other tuplets such as quintuplets, sextuplets and septuplets are hit or miss. I think I’m following the protocol in the Tuplets Popover:
"You can open the tuplets popover during note input in Write mode in any of the following ways:
Press ;.
As tuplets are often described in ratios, such as 3:2, the tuplets popover uses the semicolon key to be memorable.
Choose Write > Create Tuplet."
As I said, it’s hit or miss on this end.
Any suggestions? Is it a bug?
The tuplet function is indeed very powerful and always works as expected when used correctly.
- Make sure you have the correct rhythmic duration selected for the notes you’ll input
- semicolon
- input the ratio, Enter
- here you can change the note value before entering if you wish.
For example, if you want 6 quarter notes in the space of 4, but the first one is a pair of eighths, you’d do the following:
Note input mode
6
;
6:4
Enter
5
input the two 8th notes
6
input the remaining quarters
That description is from the reference topic giving examples of how to use the tuplets popover - are you following the steps outlined in the task for inputting tuplets?
For any tuplet other than triplets, you need to specify how many “normal notes” it’s fitting into, like 5-in-the-time-of-4, 5:4. The rhythmic unit used for “in-the-time-of” is the rhythmic duration currently selected in the Notes panel, or any other unit if you specify it, e.g. “5:4e” for quintuplet quavers/eighth notes.