In the thread Repeated tone abbreviations Part 2
But is this correct? Elaine Gould on pages 224–225 appears to suggest otherwise. The addition of the direction ‘trem.’ helps to clarify.MJCube wrote:
I was told by a composer many years ago that in modern notation unmeasured tremolos should always have 3 slashes, regardless of the tempo or the number of beams.
Maybe the use of different slash thicknesses, angles and lengths for measured and unmeasured tremolos (as discussed elsewhere on this forum) is the smartest way to avoid any potential measured/unmeasured confusion. However, unless this becomes an integral part of the various music typesetting softwares (whether or not via applying an appropriate plug-in), I doubt that composers, as opposed to high powered engravers, will find it easy …