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scholvin
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| Posted 11/13/2012 11:17 AM (GMT -5) |   | I've been struggling with this. First and foremost, what is the best way to notate shuffle sixteenths to make life easy for the performers? My inclination would be to have a direction at the beginning that says "Shuffle Sixteenths" with a picture of 2 barred sixteenths, an = sign, and then an eighth/sixteenth with a --3-- bar over them. (Sorry I can't include a picture, because I can't even figure out how to create it using the Tempo Marks tool.) And then just write sixteenths in the part, much like I would do for swinging eighth notes in a jazz piece. The performers know that idiom, but the sixteenths are less common and I want to be clear.
And then, secondarily, what's the best way to achieve it in playback? I've tried all kinds of combinations of the tempo tool, tempo changes via the expression tool, and the results I get are inconsistent and confusing to say the least.Post Edited (scholvin) : 11/13/2012 9:36:21 AM (GMT-6) | | Back to Top | |
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scholvin
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| Posted 11/13/2012 11:41 AM (GMT -5) | | I am using Finale 2012c.r13. I suppose I should put that into my signature. 
I see that shuffle eighths expression, and I have to confess, I cannot figure out how to edit the expression to include 2 barred 16th notes. Using the "Insert note" button, I can get two flagged ones but that looks terrible. And then I cannot figure out how to create a --3-- figure over the subsequent flagged 8th and 16th. I suppose I could create that as a graphic but that seems like overkill and then I'll lose the ability to size it, etc.
As far as the playback goes, I guess I'll tackle that later. It's most important that I deliver parts that look good. | | Back to Top | |
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 2:17 PM (GMT -5) | | If you are in 4/4 and want shuffle 16ths, one trick is to put the piece in 8/8 to display as 4/4.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 2:29 PM (GMT -5) | | If you do use the 8/8 to look like 4/4, there is an issue with slash notation.
Anyway, here's a sample file.
Zuill
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 2:54 PM (GMT -5) | | Basically the same. Different styles use different names. And the ratio of long to short varies with the style as well.
Zuill
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scholvin
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| Posted 11/13/2012 6:22 PM (GMT -5) | | OK, still having problems using the Tempo Tool to affect the swing. I do the following:
1) select the Tempo Tool
2) click the measure where I want it to start. The Tempo Adjustment dialog pops up.
3) I fill in: Unit = 0, Starting Time in Measure = Beat 1, Adjustment = Change By, Measure Region = this measure through End of Piece.
4) I click on Set Swing.... and get the Set Swing Ratio dialog.
5) I fill in: Percent = 200 (that's what is there as default, I leave it) and choose a sixteenth note for the duration, which fills in the value 256. I click OK.
6) Oddly, the Change By value now says 75%.
7) Now, if I click on Set Duration again, it has forgotten what I just put in there, showing a Percent = 200 but Duration is now back to 512.
I can loop through steps 5-7 forever, no change.
If I eventually click OK, unsurprisingly, I get no swing.
Is there a way to see all the Tempo Change objects I have put into the score? Might there be some hiding in there from previous efforts of me fooling with this that are messing me up?
And what is this "Unit 0" business?
I'm completely confused. I can try to post the file, but I will have to first make a copy and strip out all the lyrics since the client has a major issue with confidentiality.
Managing tempo changes, swing, etc. has been my number one source of frustration with Finale. This is way harder and more opaque than it needs to be. :-(
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 6:25 PM (GMT -5) | | Why not forget the Tempo Tool for this. For setting tempos, it is useful. It is unpredictable for swing. Why not just use an expression? It is so simple.
ZUill
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 6:45 PM (GMT -5) | | If my file didn't swing the 16th for you, then let's find one that will. Maybe you have a file we can experiment with.
Zuill
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 7:14 PM (GMT -5) | | | Let's start here.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 7:45 PM (GMT -5) | | That's the 8/8 to look like 4/4. That is the way you get the 16th swing. I was testing with spacebar-click, so I didn't hear the clicks. I guess this won't work for you as you want quarter clicks. Oh well. I tried.
By the way, the expression for swing playback wasn't set to activate swing. I set that as well.
I guess, if this doesn't work for you, you'll have to continue to fidget with the Tempo Tool. Good luck.
Zuill
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scholvin
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| Posted 11/13/2012 7:46 PM (GMT -5) | | I figured it out: changing the time signature under the covers to 8/8 and doubling the tempo though still displaying as 4/4.
It also looks like in the Expression definition, you set the Type to Swing, but unchecked the Match Playback box, and then Set to Value = 40, which I assume is 25% of the tempo?
Can you confirm that the last bit there is what made the swing? I don't quite understand how, yet, but I'd like to know exactly how this worked.
Thank you so much for all your help so far.
EDIT - we cross-posted. I don't actually care about the clicks or, at this point, the weird bars on the eighth notes.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 8:30 PM (GMT -5) | | The tempo didn't really double. Your click just doubled by playing the 8ths instead of the quarters.
I chose 40 by sound (what sounded good to my ear). You can choose any swing value you want.
I didn't take the time to check or fix any beaming. That can easily be fixed with Rebeam to Time Signature, and choose 4/4.
Zuill
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scholvin
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| Posted 11/13/2012 9:24 PM (GMT -5) | | Thank you, Zuill. You have been so incredibly helpful and patient.
One last question: that sort of swing expression + 8/8 change trick should work across all staves, right? I had been working with the vocal track (the one I stripped out and uploaded) solo'ed and the playback is fine. But when I unmute the other staves, they are still playing straight sixteenths, even while that one is shuffling. I assume there is something simple I have to do, or I have entered into some kind of twilight zone, or maybe a bug?
EDIT: just for fun, I switched over to the Part view for one of those lower staves and played it. It plays with the proper rhythm there, just not when it's part of the Score View.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 9:34 PM (GMT -5) | | Exactly. We were jsut talking about this "bug" in another thread a few days ago. The fix is simple:
Go into the Expression Tool. Go to Edit Catagories, and pick the Tempo Mark category, in which these items are. You need to edit the score list. By default, List 1 is selected. Doing this edit should not affect the parts, as the default is to have the top staff show in parts anyway. Just select one of the Parts assignments and put an x there. By doing this, from my experience, now all the staves will swing. Interesting and enexpected behavior.
If this fix does not work, please let us know.
Zuill
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/13/2012 10:20 PM (GMT -5) | | It has been discussed here for years, and I know MakeMusic is aware of the desire. It seems to me there would be a way to do it, but they have, I guess, resigned themselves to the fact that some of us have discovered workarounds, so they will let that go in exchange for other feature developments. I can't say. You should file a support case with a request, so they get one more vote for it.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes
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