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CHANGE METER
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Figure 59-2: Original music, before changing meter.
Changing the meter to 3/4 and using the Realign
music automatically without adjusting durations,
the fourth beats would be removed. This would
remove the quarter note in the first measure but
not the whole note since it began before the deleted
(fourth) beat:
Figure 59-3: Realign music automatically.
Adjust durations
The Adjust durations sub-option can only be used
when the Realign music automatically option is
selected. The Adjust durations sub-option alters
the durations of notes that begin before the
removed or added beats. The durations are altered
to conform to the new measure boundaries. In the
example above, the original version in 4/4 has a
note lasting the whole second measure. With the
Adjust durations option on, the duration of this
note is altered such that the note will last for the
entire measure in the new meter:
Figure 59-4: Adjust durations option.
Don’t move locked markers
When the Don’t move locked markers option in the
Change Meter dialog (Figure 59-1 on page 725) is
checked, locked markers are not moved by the
change meter operation and remain anchored to
their SMPTE time code frame position.
Only move barlines
This option does not change any durations. It
imposes the new barline structure over the music,
keeping all durations the same. The above original
4/4 passage would look like this with the Only
move barlines option:
Figure 59-5: Only move barlines option.
The whole note is not
removed because it began
before the fourth beat.
Notice that it maintains its
duration (four beats).
The B-natural that was
on beat four is removed.
The duration of the four-beat whole note
is truncated to fit the new 3/4 measure.
Original music
Realigned using the Only Move Barlines option