NOTATIO

I know which side of my bread is buttered and will therefore refrain from further comment. (-:

Peter, Arnstein, of course, would have used eight rests throughout, even though this is technically not in 12/8, so no decision- or exception-making would have been necessary. I wonder if one reason that this is NOT notated in 12/8 (in spite of the fact that this is the style of music for which 12/8...

Knut, OCTO's blue line shows the clockwise rotation that you were describing. Did you actually design the clef with the blue line vertical and then rotate the symbol, or simply start with that angle and design the clef around it? I did rotate your clef and like it better that way. I agree with OCTO ...

Now I am in really big trouble!

A good musician would stop the trill on the the fourth beat no matter what notation is used. But if you want to use symbols and nail it down, write: Baroque-Trill-copy.gif This would be one of the those cases where the trill "stops' on the upper note, against the normal rule. But of course it r...

Knut, you are absolutely right. It is that lower projection sticking out below the rest of the symbol that gives me this impression. With yours, it is very slight. I am sorry to be so picky, but obviously you are looking for honest opinions.

I use whatever pencil comes to hand, but unfortunately, it never has any eraser left on it. So for me, the perfect pencil would have an eraser than lasted as long as the pencil. I haven't found one yet, maybe because I make so many mistakes.

I find Arnstein's solution with eighth rests and brackets by far the best.

Were I the player, I would still have to pencil in beat markings in the Gould version, so I see no advantage to it. And it has the disadvantage of over-complicating the notation just to follow an arbitrary rule.

If this is an edition of some Baroque keyboard music, then OCTO's solution is fine. If this is not Baroque keyboard music, I would use the following notation, because OCTO's symbol is only familiar to keyboard players.

Vaughan, I look forward to reading the book and will certainly not hold its title against it.