I'm editing a solo transcription for a friend, and found this rhythm:
4/4 | dotted quarter -- quarter -- dotted quarter |
It adds up to four beats, but I found it threw me a bit; apparently I haven't seen it often, and wondered if it's just me. My inclination is to re-notate it, particularly as the middle quarter has a dot accent -- too many dots!
I've also heard there is a rule of thumb that the arranger should notate syncopations in such a way that the 3rd beat of a 4/4 bar will be apparent.
Yes, when the smallest subdivision is eighth notes, as it is in your example. (If there were sixteenth notes, you would have to be able to see EVERY beat in the bar.) If the middle note was to be played long, it would be written as
dotted quarter -- eighth tied to eighth -- dotted quarter
but since there is no reason to write a tied note stacatto, your example should be notated
dotted quarter -- eighth -- eighth rest -- dotted quarter _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
