Re: chord with notes of different duration

[Marc Mouries]

 On 10/6/2010 6:24 PM, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> > 3) why a skip is needed whereas the top note is a half note (otherwise the 
> > measure is not complete)?
> If you make the note a half note, but tweak the other notes' durations (to 
> become quarters), you won't have this problem.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Kieren.
i'm not sure to understand. The bottom notes are already quarters and 
the top note already a half-note.
Would you mind elaborating?