Sure, but it's completely nonstandard and confusing in the context I
was talking about (jazz).
- Darcy
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On 15 Nov 2005, at 2:02 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
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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