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Title: Notating Pentuplets
Post by: Warren Porter on 2002-05-03 09:36 pm
Whenever it is necessary to play five sixteenth notes on one beat:


When playing a triplet concurrently you can beam the notes being played with the hidden rests as above.  It will be necessary to include the final rest when you reselect the triplet to be tripletized again.  The bracket which indicates what is in the triplet will be a little long at the right end, but that can't be helped yet but it may be corrected soon.

The attached file is an example. pentuple quintuplet

A discussion of other n-tuples is in N-tuples (vs m-tuples) (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=3061).  Also, Triplets v. Duples, 3/4 v. 9/8, Hiding "3" in triplets (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=6485.0).

A webpage to assist this process is here: Pentuplets.htm (http://www.wjporter.com/nwc/Pentuplets.htm).
Title: Re: Notating Pentuplets
Post by: Warren Porter on 2012-04-10 12:53 am
This modification of the previous attachment shows what the script does and what the user has to do.  Measure 4 is provided for practice.

This page handles the hidden tempo changes and the 5 above the middle note on the pentuplets, the ties to extra notes on the hidden staff, and hidden rests on the displayed/muted staff: Pentuplets.htm (http://www.wjporter.com/nwc/Pentuplets.htm).
Title: Re: Notating Pentuplets
Post by: Warren Porter on 2013-03-06 04:37 pm
There is a "quick and dirty" way to notate pentuplets if appearance is not a factor.  For the first two notes, increase the tempo by a factor of 5/4.  Tripletize the last three notes and change the tempo to 2/3 of the new 5/4 tempo.  After the end to the pentuplets (triplets), reset to the original tempo.  The downside is an unwanted triplet bracket, but the upside is no new notes or rests need to be added to other (non-pentuplet) staves.

Results should be exact if the original tempo is a multiple of 12.

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:6/4
|Dynamic|Style:ff|Pos:-8
|Tempo|Tempo:84|Pos:7
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
|Tempo|Tempo:105|Pos:7|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th,Accent|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Dynamic|Style:p|Pos:-8
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|Text|Text:"5"|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:-12
|Tempo|Tempo:70|Pos:12|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=First|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=End|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Tempo|Tempo:84|Pos:7|Visibility:Never
|Dynamic|Style:ff|Pos:-8
|Note|Dur:4th,Accent|Pos:1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End