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Additional note and rest formatting
Without permanent change to MIDI data
1. Select the notes in the tuplet group.
In this case, the notes play back correctly but are not displayed as a tu-
plet (yet).
2. Select “Build N-Tuplet…” from the Scores menu to
bring up the Tuplets dialog.
3. Make settings in the dialog, as described above.
4. Click Quantize.
Now the tuplet is displayed correctly. You can make additional settings
for how the tuplet should appear, as described below.
5. If necessary, adjust the notes.
Editing tuplet settings
1. Double-click on the text above the Tuplet group to
bring up the Tuplets dialog.
2. Adjust the Text setting.
3. Click Apply.
The changes are applied to the tuplet, without affecting the tuplet type or
length.
Grouping
If the Tuplet is a quarter note long or shorter, the notes are
automatically grouped under a beam. If it is longer you
have to perform the grouping manually, see
“Grouping” on
page 608 for details.
Tuplet display options
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project–Notation Style
subpage (Tuplets category), you can find the following set-
tings for tuplets:
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Lengths and positions in a tuplet group are probably
best edited using the info line.
Double-click here.
Option Description
Tuplet
Brackets
There are three possible settings for this option:
– None: Tuplets never have brackets.
– Always: Tuplets always have brackets.
– …by the head: Brackets are shown only when the tup-
lets are displayed on the “head side”.
Display Tuplet
values by the
Beams
When this is activated, tuplets are displayed on the “beam
side” of the notes instead of on the note head side.
Suppress
Recurring
Tuplets
When this is activated, and you have several tuplets of
the same type in the same bar, only the first of these is
displayed as a tuplet.
Show Tuplet
Brackets as
“Slurs”
When this is activated, the tuplet brackets are “slur-like”
(rounded).