Concerning dotted 16ths, I believe one of the references is fairly clear about
it. I know David Bailey said Gardner Read was silent, but I thought I remembered
something in there about it nevertheless. If not there then in Kurt Stone.
(Unfortunately those reference books are not here at this computer.)

At any rate, what they are fairly clear about is that you should *not* use
dotted rests to fill beats, either before or after. The closest examples in Ross
are some of the examples on p. 180. (These involve 8th & 4ters rather than
16ths.)

This does not mean I necessarily agree with the references, however. Especially
in the case of 16ths and smaller, there has been a movement among contemporary
composers towards filling with dotted rests on either side of the beat. Doing so
reduces clutter and leaves room for things like clef changes (or glisses, or any
number of other effect notations.)

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Robert Patterson

http://RobertGPatterson.com
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