Tuplet question

Dorico
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Hello community! I seem to be having a bad math day…

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If I were writing this example by hand I would just put these two crotchets here with a 2 tuplet number on top, but in Dorico I’m only able to type it as a 4:5. I think I might be thinking of the ratios wrong…

Thoughts?

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The reason you can’t simply display it as “2” is because the resulting ratio (“2 in the space of X”) is not an integer. Y:X is typically displayed as integers.

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Dorico won’t let you create a " 2 : 2.5" tuplet.

But if you really want to put a “2” over the bar, create the 4:5 hidden tuplet and make a nested 2:2 tuplet inside it.

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Duh!!! As soon as I read your replies it hit me like brick wall! Yes, my brain is not right today… I might need to cut down on the Cognac!

Thank for putting up with me!