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- 22 Mar 2023, 19:45
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Stem length question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 96
Re: Stem length question
Very nice ties! :) As far as I know, the stem lengths don't have to match. At least that is not what I see in well-engraved music. Perhaps others disagree. And yes, one should avoid doing anything with beams that obscures the outer staff lines and thus obscures reading ledger line notes. And there a...
- 22 Mar 2023, 15:49
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
Our rules do change over time, often for quite practical reasons. True, of course. I hope we can agree upon this though: If you want to improve something in notational practise, it helps communicating about it if you know the traditional way you're abandoning. (BTW I don't doubt that you have this ...
- 22 Mar 2023, 02:25
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
That Schenker "forest of rests" makes me want to go into fits of ranting! Today, anyone who thinks that was a good choice should be dragged out back and given a private lesson! Maybe the lesson should be given in the woods hed :) The forest can also be seen at https://www.henle.de/us/deta...
- 21 Mar 2023, 16:19
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
Unfortunately, engravers have not always made good decisions based on readability. Showing a half measure of 6/8 as a dotted quarter rest seems to me to be a no-brainer. Clean, clear and uncluttered. Yet engravers have broken composer's dotted quarter rests into quarter rest + eighth rests for a ver...
- 21 Mar 2023, 12:14
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
I agree on all counts, JJP. The dotted quarter rest bothered me too. It's perfectly correct, yet begging for misunderstanding if in a single voice instrumental part. Keyboard music might be different (see example below). And yes, a staccato eighth note-16th rest combination would be much friendlier....
- 20 Mar 2023, 21:39
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
That's an excellent point, JJP. The most important thing is that it be easy to read. For that reason, I am guessing that you would accept what the composer requested from Anders IF there were another rest that followed, but not otherwise. Is that correct? I must admit that what the composer requeste...
- 20 Mar 2023, 02:45
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
Arnstein used standard brackets (like inverted bracket-only style pedal marks) over the notes to group the beats in cases like A. The parts usually came back to us in a very clean state, because everything was in order and the musicians had nothing to do but make beautiful music. And we did use exte...
- 19 Mar 2023, 13:02
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
That sounds right to me, Anders. The frequency of the various patterns of notes and rests is the answer. Here is another slant on it: The problem arises with many rests in a row, as with A. Pattern A is relatively unfrequent and both solutions are possible. Ex 1.png However, only one of the solution...
- 18 Mar 2023, 22:35
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: how to show dotted rest
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2109
Re: how to show dotted rest
Yes, I am sure that Arnstein never used quarter rests in 6/8. Only dotted quarter rests. And he only broke up dotted quarter rests if necessary to have a place for a fermata etc. So his usage was exactly like Beethoven's, who also didn't normally write quarter rest-eighth rest in 6/8. This brought 6...
- 18 Mar 2023, 15:15
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Am I too picky? (and I'm not that experienced, but there are limits!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 854
Re: Am I too picky? (and I'm not that experienced, but there are limits!)
So maybe I was correct to begin with. Thanks for clarifying, David.