making a 9/8 time signature into 3/4 with dotted half note
I am working in M4 with an enormous orchestral score. A part here has parallel 3/4 and 9/8 time signature. I have tried to change local signature, but I get the error message "measure not empty", which is not correct since I deleted all exessive measures and added new, empty ones.
So: Base signature is 9/8. Making a duol from a dotted half and dotted quarter does the trick to be able to display half notes and quarter notes. However, I can't find out how to make the program show a dotted half note (i.e. 3 x quarter notes duration), the best I can do is a tied half and quarter note, which is not what is required to display.
The first bar in the picture is what I want for the second bar (and of course change time signature to display 3/4)
Is there a solution here I have not eyed yet?
Best regards
Knut
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Comments
So you want the time signature to say 9/8 but the notes to still look like in 3/4? Then use a second 3/4 then change its text properties to read 9/8. If this is just the first part of a more complex requirement then please give as much detail as you can.
In reply to So you want the time… by underquark
Yes. underlying time signature is 9/8, I need to show a dotted half that lasts for a full 9/8 measure. The celli plays the dotted half in 3/4, violins play 9/8ths.
It should be possible to enter a local 3/4 time signature, which would of course be the easiest solution, so if you are getting the "Measure not empty" error for no good reason, that's a bug we should look into. It would be nice if you could share your score here (or the simplest score you can create where the bug can be reproduced).
Meanwhile: to get the dotted half filling a bar in 9/8, select the bar rest and create a 6:9 tuplet (via Add > Tuplets > Other) with no bracket or number:
![tuplet-1.png]( "tuplet-1.png")
![tuplet-2.png]( "tuplet-2.png")
which effectively gives you 3/4 in the time of 9/8, and you can put a dotted half note in (or any other subdivisions you like for a "3/4" bar):
In reply to It should be possible to… by oktophonie
Great, thanks, this spared me hours of tinkering! I'll check my file to see of the bug can be reproduced.
Knut