Connecting Beams with Triplets
I have noticed that when I create a triplet, the beam won't always connect with the rest of the notation within the single beat. In depth: when I split a quarter note into two eighth notes, then turn the second eighth note into a sixteenth triplet, the eighth note beam connects finely with the beam of the first sixteenth note in the sixteenth triplet. However, it does not do the same for the opposite. When the second eighth note remains as an eighth note, and the first eighth note is turned into a sixteenth triplet, the beam of the last sixteenth note in the sixteenth triplet won't connect with the beam of the second eighth note in the same beat. Is there anyway to fix this?
~Kevin
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Could you share a screenshot or a small score that shows an example of the notation you are having difficulty with?
In reply to Could you share a screenshot by David Bolton
Ah yes… I've had the same problem too.
Here's a screenshot from one of my compositions.
In reply to Could you share a screenshot by David Bolton
I have attached the two files in which I originally found this problem.
Notice in Soarin', on the very last measure, and in Silverado on measure 38, how the sixteenth triplets do not attach to the eighth notes directly behind them, that are part of the same beat.
~Kevin
Edit: This problem was fixed so the files were removed by the owner.
Werner fixed this issue. You can now beam between tuplets and normal notes (see 24 August in the ChangeLog ). This will be available for testing in the next prerelease.
In reply to Werner fixed this you can now by David Bolton
I have the same issue as Kevin. What do I do with this "ChangeLog" to remedy this? Thanks!
In reply to "Werner fixed this" connecting triplets by InnerBeat123
The ChangeLog is a record of changes and fixes that have taken place in the development versions of the software. In this particular instance, it means that any prerelease or nightly build more recent than 24 August contains this fix. Please read Comparison of stable, prerelease, and nightly builds for more details.
I have the same issue as Kevin.
Does version 0.9.5 build 2012 (latest stable) fix the problem?
Let me know if you need more information...
Thanks,
G.
In reply to Same Problem by Gianpaolo Gallian
It is fixed for the upcoming 0.9.6. If you want to experiment with an early prerelease of 0.9.6 see the links mentioned above.
In reply to It is fixed for the upcoming by David Bolton
In that instance, wouldn't all of the beams be connected? I think he would only want one of the beams to connect from the 16th to the 16th triplet. Unless this has been fixed recently...
In reply to all beams. by MDMilford
The prereleases for 0.9.6 allow you to manually beam notes in a tuplet with notes outside of a tuplet. In version 0.9.5 this was not possible.
In reply to The prereleases for 0.9.6 by David Bolton
my point, which may have been slightly off topic, was to caution that the beaming you get isn't the beaming you want. Take a look at the attachment... this is hardly more legible. There should just be one beam connecting the triplet to the previous notes, instead of two.
It's almost useless to write triplets in that way, and almost unreadable.
Everybody is pretty much used to see the triplets connected with sixteenths (just in this case) in just one way, and it is connecting the two with just one beam, only.
Thank you, man!
G.