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rmitch4
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  		   Posted 4/18/2002 7:43 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
WHEN WRITING A SECTION OF MUSIC IN 2/4 AT A PRE-DETERMINED TEMPO AND THEN SWITCHING TO 6/8 WITHOUT CHANGING THE TEMPO (TWO DOTTED QUARTER GROUPING) THE MIDI ACTUALLY PLAYS IT BACK AT ABOUT HALF SPEED. CAN THIS BE CORRECTED?

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  		   Posted 4/18/2002 8:19 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Actually, the tempo slows down to two-thirds of its initial value.

Easily fixed. I like to execute tempo changes using Expressions. Create an Expression called, say 'tempo1', set its Playback Effect to Tempo, quarter note = say, 120. For the 6/8 section, create a second Expression called 'tempo2' with its Playback Effect set to Tempo, dotted quarter = 120.

You can specify that the Expressions show up on screen only, not in the printout.
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  		   Posted 4/18/2002 8:34 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Or.... you could establish your first tempo as "Allegro ma non troppo" (for example) and set it to quarter = 120 and then for the 6/8 meter section, establish a new tempo "l'stesso tempo" and set this to dotted quarter = 120. This way you are also indicating to the player that the tempos should be the same (and you could also indicate with metronome markings the tempos.

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  		   Posted 4/18/2002 12:10 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE HELP. I APPRECIATE IT.

MITCH
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  		   Posted 4/18/2002 2:41 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
YOU'RE WELCOME.  IS YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY STUCK OR ARE YOU JUST GETTING TOO MUCH C-C-CAFFEINE???
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  		   Posted 4/20/2002 6:29 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I have an interesting question to add to this... Is there anyway to make an expression that will tell finale to do "quarter=dotted quarter" or vice-versa? This would be a great time saver, especially in pieces that have a lot of 2/4 to 6/8 meter changes. It would be nice to not have to figure out the tempo relations every time.

Brian Kuhnert
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  		   Posted 4/22/2002 6:37 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Sure. Just use the expression tool to create an expression in the Maestro font.

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