On Jun 18, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Beat Spacing starts looking a LOT different when you have mixed
subdivisions in a bar. It spaces so that 4 sixteenths takes up the
same amount of room as 2 eighths or one quarter, which just looks
lopsided in a single-part situation. Try mixing sixteenths, eighths
and a half note in a bar, and space it with both to see the
difference (update layout afterwards.) Try dotted rhythms, too. And
in the case I mentioned with long lyric syllables on short note
values, it greatly exaggerates the problem.
I do like Beat Spacing for scores, however, where after years of
vertically aligning elements with a ruler I got used to the look of
a metrically-spaced score.
Christopher
This sounds like a fine idea to me. Metrically spaced scores are
easier to read and conduct from. Matter of fact, with music of even
minimal rhythmic complexity, I don't see how it could be otherwise.
I'll try that. After all these years, still things to learn.
Thanks,
Chuck
Chuck Israels
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