On Nov 14, 2005, at 1:51 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
This recently came up at a BMI Jazz Composers Workshop session -- the
participant had a 3/4 measure containing four eighth note quadruplets,
filling the measure. The other participants pointed out to her that
this was incorrect -- it should be four _quarter note_ quadruplets.
She replied that Sibelius wouldn't let her enter quarter note
quadruplets, and that the notation she had played back correctly
(i.e., 4-over-3) in Sibelius.
I was kind of incredulous, because that's not exactly an uncommon
rhythm, and while it's staggering that Sib notates it incorrectly by
default, I was pretty sure there must be a way to override Sib's
ignorance and get the correct notation -- four quarter note
quadruplets in the space of three quarter notes.
While I completely agree with your preference for notating this with
quarter notes, I would dispute the claim that using eighths is
"incorrect" or "ignorant". (Yes, I know that Ted Ross makes the same
claim. I dispute him as well.) There is also quite a bit of tradition
for notating tuplets like these with the smaller note value. I've seen
that a lot in French scores, even fairly recent ones, and also in 19th
century American songs.
mdl
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