I would query your assertion that 6/4 "traditionally" is 2 X 3/4. >From my experience 6/4 is generally 3 X 2/4.
Either way the rests (and/or notes)should indicate the beat. In fact, when sightreading music, the grouping of the rests or notes is the only indicator to the conductor as to which of the above formats it is. This is a similar dilemma as explaining to students the difference between a group of six, or two groups of three. ie. Dada,Dada,Dada, or Dadada,Dadada. (God, that looks stupid written down!- but it works). Cheers Keith in OZ Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0439-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2005 5:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] half rests in 6/4? That's only if you are using 6/4 as an equivalent to 3/2. The traditional use of 6/4, however, is that of two 3/4 halfbars. In such a use of 6/4 I would not consider it correct to use half rests. The correct rests for the quarternote on the last beat would be: dotted half rest, quarter rest, quarter rest. Johannes Darcy James Argue schrieb: > On 29 Jun 2005, at 12:58 AM, Raymond Horton wrote: > >> I know that it is generally felt that one should not, in the best of >> company, use half rests in 3/4 time. How about 6/4? > > > Hi Raymond, > > Half rests are used in 6/4. It would look ridiculous to have, for > example, five quarter rests in a row, followed by a quarter note. The > only stipulation is that they should not occur on any beats other than > one, three, and five. > > The more contentious question would be whether it was okay to use > _whole_ rests in non-empty 6/4 measures -- for example, a whole rest > followed by a half note. > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn, NY > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
