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Notes don't add up

Posted: 01 Jun 2021, 17:31
by benwiggy
I'm having trouble trying to work out the last beat of this first bar:
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My thoughts are either that the dot is in the wrong place:
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Or possibly triplets? That would match the following bar.
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The phrase is repeated identically.

Re: Notes don't add up

Posted: 01 Jun 2021, 18:26
by Dan Kreider
Obviously I don’t know and I can’t see the larger context, but triplets were my first thought.

Re: Notes don't add up

Posted: 01 Jun 2021, 18:29
by benwiggy
Yes, but that requires the correction of the dotted note to a 16th, not a 32nd as well.

Re: Notes don't add up

Posted: 02 Jun 2021, 12:05
by John Ruggero
The composer may have drawn the third beam too long in haste or error and meant the following, which would match the rhythm of the roulade in the third measure exactly. The use of the dot has been discussed previously:
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Or the triplet version. I think it unlikely that the dot was misplaced as in the first example in the OP.

Re: Notes don't add up

Posted: 02 Jun 2021, 14:03
by benwiggy
Yes. Thanks, John. That's a better option.

Re: Notes don't add up

Posted: 04 Jun 2021, 01:50
by John Ruggero
Glad I could help, Ben.