why set volumes in the Aria player when you can do some from within Finale in the Instrument List?

Your experience appears to be much different than mind. I've never studied, taught or played with a musician whose interpretation and execution of a staccato was exactly half of the note value. Most...

Don't you mean, " WHAT? I'm supposed to worry about the NOTES? " :lol: Brian[/quote] Oh, please. Who cares what singers think... they're not really musicians anyway. :tongue:...

The reason I suggest number 3 without the dot, is that number 4, which the OP has included, is basically that. By standard rules of musical logic, the dot cuts the value of the note in half....

what speed is this supposed to be played at? whether the staccato marking or the 16 note/rest notation, the effect is the same. it's the equivalent of a 16th note removed from that tied pair. in a...