Hold on, yes, if you enter a Haydn piece into the computer with rows and rows of arpeggiated chords in 16th, rhythm-before-pitch might be faster. For example, if the first E in a measure has a flat, the next E flat in the measure doesnt normally display. Anyone who needs ergonomical, fast and natural input will prefer pitch-before-rhythm after a while - for me, it’s not even a question. Speedy/Check Accidentals When this item is selected (displays a check mark in the menu), Finale automatically keeps track of the accidentals on a given line or space in the measure, according to the standard rules of accidental notation. I’ve written a large orchestral work in Sibelius 7.5 las year and tried rhythm-before-pitch,man,it is myriads slower than vice versa. Instead, change them to read 3 Eighth(s) in the space of 2 Eighth(s), click OK. This brings up the Simple Entry Tuplet Definition dialog: Leaving the drop-downs at Use Current would give you three quarters in the space of two quarters.
Also it interrupts your train of thought because you always need to remember to enable or disable write mode. This is the full version of Finale (25.5) I am running Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron laptop (i7-16GRAM) When I try to use Speedy Entry of Simply Entry this message comes up: FINALE ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR AND WILL SHUT DOWN When I use any other tools (Time Sig, Key Sig, measure tool etc.) it is OK. To create this, I’d enter a quarter note in Simple Entry, then type Alt+9 (Windows) or OPTION+9 (Mac). So if I am simply copying music, rhythm-before-pitch might be OK (because there is no “thinking” and trying involved), but for actual composing, it needs so many more inputs. At the end of my notation, when I go back to trying something on the keyboard, I’d have to use some sort of write-disable command, again. The pad has > worked fine for several years for speedy note entry, doing the same thing > as the Macbook number keys do, without any problems.
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When I have rhythm-before-pitch I need to tell the software that I am NOW ready to notate by either pressing kind of a write-enable key or mouse-click.
To change side of a whole note tremolo, flip the 'invisible stem' of the whole note with Simple or Speedy entry. Whenever I decide it’s time to write, I simply hold down whatever pitch or chords I need and press a rhythmic value. Plug-ins for Windows (Finale 2010-2014.5). Besides the above mentioned you guys forget about the biggest of all advantages of pitch-before-rhythm: When I use pitch-before-rhythm I can pound on the Midi-keyboard to “compose”, find the right note, the right chord, whatever.