At 10:39 PM +0200 4/23/06, dc wrote:
Johannes Gebauer écrit:
Adding some substance to this: Ted Ross, page
181 for 4/2 whole rests, the 8th example down.
Ross doesn't mention 3/1, but it's not exactly
common. Since 3/2 has a whole rest, logic
suggests that 3/1 simply needs a double whole
rest. Otherwise the symbol for a beat rest is
the same as for a measure rest.
I agree with Johannes. In early 17th century
music, 3/1 is probably the most common ternary
time signature, and a whole note rest won't do
for the whole measure, since it's also used for
one beat.
Except that--depending on the composer of
course--in the EARLY 17th century 3/1 was not a
"time signature" at all. Rather it was a
proportion sign. That is definitely the case
with early Schuetz (the Psalmen Davids of 1619).
(This might not make any difference to the rest
question, but it's an important distinction to
keep in mind.)
John
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