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I am sorry but I am not sure that I have stated correctly what I am trying to do as what you suggested just adds in a rest which I don't want. I will try and state what I am trying to do again. I am adding a song in 3/4 time I require a triplet in the first of the 3 vertical dotted lines. I want a dotted 1/4 note in the second series of 3 vertical lines and I want a 1/8 note in the last series of verticl lines. I have placed the last note in the 3rd vertical line. As soon as I do that I get a note in the first line in this series and it ties together with the 1/4 note in the second series of 3 lines. I know that musically this extends the 1/4 note but I would rather see the 1/4 note dotted as it is much neater and that is the way the peice is written. I have tried ticking the rest on and entering it in the last of the second and the third series of vertical lines and what I get is a rest put into the music. I may not be understanding how you are trying to explain what to do to achieve the end result. Can you offer anymore suggestions?



The last note entered will always be too long in duration. That is by design.

The way to get that last note to end in the last beat of the bar is by inserting the Rest IN THE FIRST BEAT OF THE FOLLOWING BAR. The note will automatically become the proper duration in the preceeding bar.

If there are to be notes in the following bar instead of Rest, just click the next note where it is supposed to be in the first beat of the following bar, and watch the last note in the previous bar automatically become the right duration all by itself.

This method of note entry is completely different from any other music program I know. Once it is understood, though, it is also the FASTEST keyboard/mouse note entry method I've ever encountered. Matter of fact, I've said it before here, I wish some of my Music Notation programs used this method, it is sheer genius in its design. I've also said that this alone is patentable, maybe it is already, and I think it could be sold to other developers of music softwares.

Play with it, get to know how it works and try not to bring any preconceived notions as to how you think it *should* work.

--Mac

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