[Sherry C]

Hi,

For the file you sent to the help desk there is definitely a bug, and we appreciate the report!

What I meant by notating "legalistically" is notating the exact note durations using lots of dots and tied notes - in other words rigidly, technically correct, but quite difficult for a musician to read. Rather than give you every single note exactly as it's tic duration indicates, Notation's transcription engine tries to give you legible sheet music that can be easily read for performance.

There are a few examples of transcription scenarios where this flexibility is quite useful. Many folks use the software to transcribe performances into sheet music and, as humans, don't always perform (for example) a quarter note the exact same number of tics each time. If the transcription engine were to give you the exact notation for such a file, then the score would look horrendous, with all sorts of dotted and tied notation. That's one example. Another is the difference in Standard notation and Swing notation. For example, a swing rhythm is typically notated as two equal notes (eg. two 8th notes), when actually it's a triplet of unequal note durations (eg. quarter note/8th note triplet). In the Transcription options (Setup/Transcription Options), you can select different types of transcription options, depending on the style of music and what you as a musician want to see in the score that you're preparing.

Does this help?

ttfn,
Sherry