Hi Chuck,
It is. The dotted half rest + fermatta in the resting gives maximal
rhythmic clarity (short of cueing the actual notes). It just looks
odd, since it's not usually used in 4/4.
If the consensus is that the dotted half + fermatta looks odd enough
(or inelegant enough) to actually _throw_ people, then I'll use cue
notes, as Bill suggested.
- Darcy
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On 14 Dec 2005, at 8:09 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
I think this is an esthetic decision rather than a issue of
clarity. A dotted half rest will make things clear, but might look
out of place. I might consider using a quarter rest and a half
rest with the fermata on the half. I'm not sure though. I'd have
to see it before I could decide.
Chuck
On Dec 14, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
A minor dilemma:
1) Whenever there is a fermatta, I like to indicate it in resting
parts as well (breaking multimeasure rests if necessary). I also
like to indicate the beat the fermatta falls on (in the resting
parts as well) -- so if the fermatta is on beat four, the resting
parts won't just have a whole rest with a fermatta, they will have
a whole rest, a quarter rest, and then a fermatta'd quarter rest.
2) I don't like to use dotted rests except in compound meters.
3) But in 4/4, if the fermatta'd note is a dotted half note on
beat 2… and then there are a lot of instruments making entrances
in a new tempo on beat 1 of the following measure… it seems like a
dotted half rest w/fermatta might be the best solution in this case?
Input appreciated.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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