Tuplet Definition dialog box
How to get there
To display the Tuplet Definition dialog box, click the Tuplet tool 
, then click the first note to include in the tuplet group, or click the first note of a tuplet, then double-click one of its handles.
What it does
In this dialog box you can define the rhythmic aspects of a tuplet grouping—the number of eighth notes that are to be played in the time of a quarter note, for example.
When you create a new tuplet, NotePad places a number over it (such as the 3 above a triplet). NotePad will place only numbers on beamed groups of notes, and a number with bracket on unbeamed groups.
- __ ____in the space of __ _____ • Half(s) • Dotted Quarter(s) • Quarter(s) (etc.). Define the rhythmic qualities (temporal definition) of the tuplet by entering numbers in these two text boxes (to specify how many) and selecting the rhythmic-value from the drop-down list (to specify "of what value"). For example, suppose you want to create an eighth-note triplet. In the score, click the Tuplet tool, and click the first of the three normal eighth notes you want to transform into triplets. When this dialog box appears, enter 3 and 2 in the text boxes ("3 in the space of 2"); choose eighths from the drop-down list: 3 eighths in the space of 2 eighths. (Alternatively, you could create an eighth-note triplet by specifying 3 eighths in the space of 1 quarter.) These text boxes apply only to the tuplet you’re currently placing in the score.
- OK • Cancel. Click OK to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the tuplet appearance you’ve created. You return to the score.
