Beats per measure

2012-03-28 03:40 am

How can I convince NoteWorthy Composer that a measure only have 4 beats, using these chords? This is the right hand piano part. Top notes = dotted quarter+eighth+quarter+quarter.
Bottom notes = quarter+quarter+eighth+eighth+quarter

The software thinks that this measure has 5 beats.

Thank you.

Re: Beats per measure

Reply #1 – 2012-03-28 04:15 am

I assume this is all in one hand...
Top row of notes is:
(chorded) dotted quarter, (*chorded) eighth rest, eighth, (chorded) quarter, (chorded) quarter
Bottom row:
(chorded) quarter, (rest-chorded) quarter, (chorded) eighth (with second last quarter), eighth, (chorded) quarter

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:1
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

*The restchord can have the rest portion hidden in the restchord properties:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:1
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem,HideRest|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

And finally, in this particular instance you can also beam the lower eighths:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:1
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem,HideRest|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Beats per measure

Reply #2 – 2012-03-28 09:38 pm

Excellent. I copied your code into a blank measure to see the result and then made the changes in my music. Thank you.