Half Note Triplets

• Jun 15, 2016 - 17:13

Hi All,

I can't seem to find a way to make half note triplets; i.e. three half notes in one 4/4 measure... :-)

thanks for your advice.

cheers
g

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• Jun 15, 2016 - 18:14

Hi , thank you for the fast response. I did exactly that and got an odd effect.

I put three half notes in a 4/4 measure - obviously it filled 1.5 measures. I highlighted all three notes and hit CMD-3 and got a triplet as an eight note and two eight rests not three half note triplets. Did I do it incorreclty?

Thanks you again.

Learning to love this program. I used to use Concertware years ago... :-)

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• Jun 15, 2016 - 18:49

xavierjazz is correct. Assuming your time signature is four beats per measure, the complete procedure would be:
Enter a whole note in the measure under consideration.
Press "N" to exit Note Entry mode.
The whole note you just entered should still be colored/selected.
Press Control (Ctrl)+3.
You should now have a half-note as the first note of the triplet, with two rests as the other two triplets. You can replace the rests with notes.

Hope this helps,

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