Tuplet not allowed in 2nd voice

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clearvision
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Post by clearvision » Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:38 pm

HI,
Sibelius won't allow a tuplet on the 2nd voice. I am clearly selecting the 2nd voice (green) but Sibelius is applying the tuplet to the 1st voice. Please see the attached photo.
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hartt007
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Post by hartt007 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:24 am

If you're looking to do 8th note triplets - make sure you have the rest selected as well. If you're looking for 16th note triplets, make sure the note you've selected is a 16th note and you have the whole duration of the triplet selected. Hope this helps :-)

clearvision
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Post by clearvision » Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:55 pm

I tried Selecting the rest with the note and that will not fix it. Anyway, it should not apply the triplet to a voice other than the one I've selected. If I had selected only the 8th note that would be sufficient in the 1st voice to transform it into a triplet 8th note there. But because the selected note is in the 2nd voice, Sibelius doesn't seem to know how to apply tuplet there and adds a triplet to the 1st voice instead. Does anybody else have this problem?
In this new photo, the 1st measure shows the selected green note and rest, the one I want to turn into a triplet. The last measure shows what happens to the 1st measure when I apply Tuplet to the 2nd voice. What I need to have in the 2nd voice is done to the 1st voice.
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clearvision
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Post by clearvision » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:11 pm

So the fix is I have to use Ctrl+3 and not the top menu to apply a tuplet to the 2nd voice; In case anyone else runs into this problem.

KJ_Palmer
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Sibelius Version: 6.2, 7.5
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Post by KJ_Palmer » Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:38 pm

Thanks for the information and solution.

For the record, this issue does seem to have been fixed in later versions. e.g. Sibelius 7.5 that I'm using.
Sibelius 6.2, 7.5.1, Windows 11

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