i looked at the help file for time signature changes and came away from that, that biab only does like 4/4 time? i.e., "Since the maximum # beats per bar is = 4"
so it's not possible to have a 6/8 time song in BiaB? say, without adding extra bars and such each with their own beats to equal something different than 4/4?
does one have to create their own .sty file for a 6/8 time or ??.
note: i've not created a .sty file yet, so quite new to such.
i looked at the help file for time signature changes and came away from that, that biab only does like 4/4 time? i.e., "Since the maximum # beats per bar is = 4"
so it's not possible to have a 6/8 time song in BiaB? say, without adding extra bars and such each with their own beats to equal something different than 4/4?
does one have to create their own .sty file for a 6/8 time or ??.
note: i've not created a .sty file yet, so quite new to such.
tia
When using a time signature higher than 4/4, each bar needs to be placed over 2 or more bars. 5/4 would be shown as a bar of 3/4 and a bar of 2/4.
For 12/8 or 6/8, you need to use 4/4 with a style using triplets.
Filter styles by the string '6/8' to see what is available
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I like to think of the numbered entry spaces in BiaB as cells instead of measures.
One cell can hold two 6/8 measures if it's a "sw 8" style or half a measure if you chose a waltz style.
5/4 can either be one cell of 2/4 and another of 3/4 or you can revers it and put the 3/4 measure before the 2/4 measure depending on the song.
Sure, it's a work-around, and I really think if Peter Gannon had any idea of where his program and computing in general would have gone back in the pre-Windows, PC-DOS days, he would have done some things very differently. But then back in the DOS days, a lot of things that are easy now were impossible back then.
Think of the matrix as full of cells, not measures and get creative.
i looked at the help file for time signature changes and came away from that, that biab only does like 4/4 time? i.e., "Since the maximum # beats per bar is = 4"
so it's not possible to have a 6/8 time song in BiaB? say, without adding extra bars and such each with their own beats to equal something different than 4/4?
does one have to create their own .sty file for a 6/8 time or ??.
note: i've not created a .sty file yet, so quite new to such.
tia
When using a time signature higher than 4/4, each bar needs to be placed over 2 or more bars. 5/4 would be shown as a bar of 3/4 and a bar of 2/4.
For 12/8 or 6/8, you need to use 4/4 with a style using triplets.
Filter styles by the string '6/8' to see what is available
i see. i'll work with that and see what i can do. appreciate the insight!
I like to think of the numbered entry spaces in BiaB as cells instead of measures.
One cell can hold two 6/8 measures if it's a "sw 8" style or half a measure if you chose a waltz style.
5/4 can either be one cell of 2/4 and another of 3/4 or you can revers it and put the 3/4 measure before the 2/4 measure depending on the song.
Sure, it's a work-around, and I really think if Peter Gannon had any idea of where his program and computing in general would have gone back in the pre-Windows, PC-DOS days, he would have done some things very differently. But then back in the DOS days, a lot of things that are easy now were impossible back then.
Think of the matrix as full of cells, not measures and get creative.
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that's a brain expander i needed. i wasn't looking at them as "cells" at all, as you and @VideoTrack probably surmised. that an style tip, helps ol grasshopper. thanks!
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