How to add a tuplet for a duration of beats that don't exist as a single note value?
I understand how to add a tuplet in that you first have to select a single note duration and then enter the number for the tuplet. But what if I wanted to add a tuplet to a note duration that is not notable with a single note such as something lasting 5 beats long? I would need to select two note values such as a half note + eighth note to equal 5 eighth notes total. Thanks for any help.
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The total time for any single tuplet group's value, must correspond to the main beat unit, or to the folds or divisions that can be multiplied by two.
example, for 4/4: tuplets can be created on the following note values: = 1x (quarter note), 2x (half note), 4x (whole note) or 1/8 (eighth note), 1/16 (16th note), 1/32 (32nd note) ... and so on.
In reply to The total time value must… by Ziya Mete Demircan
But aren't you able to make a tuplet equal a dotted or double dotted value?
In reply to But aren't you able to make… by xenphor
Perhaps: you can create three individual tuplets on three eighth note values, and tie them together.
In reply to But aren't you able to make… by xenphor
Compound times, it's a little different. 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
Main beat value is dotted quarter, And the tuplets is used on the multiplication of this value. (dotted quarter, dotted half, ...).
But the base value is eighth (and divisible by two). And these are used exactly like 4/4.
In reply to But aren't you able to make… by xenphor
Yes, that works too.
Also a tuplet lasting 5 beats is possible, in a 5/4 measure select the full measure rest then press Ctrl+3 to fill hat measure with a triplet
It is not possible though to select a whole note and a quarter note and then make this one tuplet.
You wrote:
But what if I wanted to add a tuplet to a note duration that is not notable with a single note such as something lasting 5 beats long?
One way is to split, and then recombine, the measure. Here's an example of a triplet played over 5 beats:
Triplet_over_5-beats.mscz
There are other posts in these forums showing different configurations.
If you need specific help, please post an example showing a time signature and explaining what kind of tuplet over what duration you require.
Regards.
Another option is to create a measure temporarily, probably using a custom time signature, of the length of the tuplet, turn it into a tuplet, copy it where you want, then delete the temporary measure.
Thanks for the suggestions I will try them out.