Phantom Time Signature Change
I working on a score in C (4/4) time and I run out of measures. So I append some measures but they are in 3/4 time. How'd that happen? Is there a way to get back to 4/4 time without having to insert it again? That would look really awkward at this point in the score.
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Posting the actual score containing the appended measures would be most helpful to avoid all sorts of back-and-forth guess work, such as:
When you right click on an empty part of an appended measure, then click on Measure Properties, what values show under 'Measure Duration'?
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Has the time signature been changed from 4/4 to 3/4 at some point in the score, and not changed back to 4/4 before the measures are appended?
Regards.
In reply to Posting the actual score by Jm6stringer
When the 4 beats of notes didn't fit in the appended measures, the first thing I checked was their Measure Properties and I saw that the Measure Duration of the appended measures was 3/4. The score started in 4/4 time, changed to 3/4, and then went back to 4/4 which is where I appended the measures. It's a rather large score (19 instruments) and the 3/4 appended measures start at measure 89, page 19. Measure 88 is in 4/4 time.
In reply to When the 4 beats of notes by hmscomp
I found the problem myself. At the end of the 3/4 section I changed the last measure to 4/4 with the 4th beat an invisible rest to make a 1 beat break before going to the 4/4 section. When I eliminated that 4 beat, added appended measures in the 4/4 section are now in 4/4 time.
In reply to I found the problem myself. by hmscomp
Nice fix, although it seems rather odd that your original measure #62 (the one with the unequal nominal/actual durations) should cause corruption way down the line at measure #89, where the appended measures begin.
On another note ;-)
For the pause, why not place a caesura (from the Breaths & Pauses palette) into a normal measure instead of using that troublesome irregular measure #62?
Regards.
In reply to Nice fix, although it seems by Jm6stringer
That's what I did. I normally don't like using the Pause from the palette because is usually too long of a pause. But in this case, it's just right.
Thanks for your response.