Ad lib solos with uneven number of notes.

• Oct 10, 2017 - 01:17

This piece has two long ad lib solos with an uneven number of notes. Is there a way to create these runs and match the original image without having to hide the extra beats?

Another Distributed Proofreaders book. This one is on Wagner.

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• Oct 10, 2017 - 02:12

You can change the actual measure duration by right click and select measure properties then change the actual duration to the number of beats needed for the notes written. Note that you can change the bottom number by clicking on it and choosing from the dropdown menu if necessary.

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• Oct 10, 2017 - 03:13

I think I need to be more specific. The first ad lib is 9 notes contained in 1 beat. The second ad lib is 14 notes contained in one beat. I was have trouble figuring out how to use the tuplets insert. The nonuplet was pretty simple once I understood I just had to click it. The 14 note one was simply trial and error. I got it in there, but right now I don't remember what ratio I used. I just started at one and kept going up. LOL! :)

Are there more details somewhere about how to figure the ratio when inserting tuplets?

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• Oct 10, 2017 - 10:54

Here's the easy way to determine a ratio for a tuplet. Count the number of notes counted by the tuplet - 14 in your example - this number goes in the first part of the ratio. Next count the number of the same length notes that should go into that space - 8 in your example - and put this number into the second part of the ratio. So the ration is 14/8. You can reduce this to 7/4 if you want, but is totally unnecessary, you will always get 7 16th notes displayed.

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