Changing the time signature
If you use the Setup Wizard, you should
start off with the correct time signature, too. But let’s say you decide
your folk song would work better in cut time.
- Click
the Time Signature Tool , and double-click the first measure. Make sure
you click the middle of the measure (within the staff lines). There are
two scroll bars in the Time Signature dialog box: the upper bar controls
the top number of the time signature, and the bottom bar controls the
bottom number.
- On
the upper scroll bar, click the left scroll bar arrow twice, to change
the upper number from 4 to 2. You want the meter to be 2/2 two
half notes per measure—so you decrease the upper number, which governs
beats per measure.
- Now
click the right scroll bar arrow twice on the lower scroll bar.
The lower scroll bar sets the rhythmic pulse—the lower number in the time
signature. You increase the value from a quarter note to a half note (by
changing the lower number from 4 to 2).
- Click
the radio button for “Measure 1 Through End of Piece.” The Time
Signature dialog box looks like this:
- Uncheck Rebar music.Rebar Music redistributes the barlines to fit the same music given the new time signature.
- Click
OK. That’s it. You’ve now put “Oh, Susannah” into cut time. (Finale
defaults to displaying the cut time symbol for 2/2 . If
you’d prefer 2/2, see the User Manual under Cut
Time.
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