On Jun 28, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Williams, Jim wrote:
I have been told by drummers to put the pattern at the beginning of
each line.
I'd say that milepost numbers are desirable, especially if phrase
lengths are in any way irregular.
Chuck...weigh in, please!!
Jim
Weighing in at some 20 lbs too heavy!
Jim, this sounds appropriate to me. It can actually be easier to
read one and two bar repeat symbols, once a pattern has been
memorized (than looking to see if the pattern is the same, I mean).
Putting a written out measure at the beginning of each line is a nice
courtesy, and the only time I think it might be counter-productive is
if there is a small change in the pattern occurring at the beginning
of a subsequent line (3 or 4 lines down) where the reader might
logically overlook the change thinking that it is another courtesy
"written out" measure. If such a change happened in another place in
the line, the written out measure in that new location would attract
attention and be unlikely to be misread. Ways around such a problem
include an eyeglass symbol over the changed measure, or not "writing
out" the measures at the beginning of the lines. Bill Duncan - "Be
impossible to misunderstand."
Chuck
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Sent: Wed 28-Jun-06 21:40
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Subject: [Finale] Re: Tuplet notation
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:55:58 -0400 John wrote:
In manuscript I used a LOT of one-bar and two-bar (and sometimes
four-bar)
ditto marks, but it is child's play today to copy the notation in
those
measures throughout the passage. But that may not be the clearest
way to
indicate consecutive measures with a repetitive pattern. Which
brings up
other decisions, when using ditto marks: (1) Should the figure be
re-notated at the beginning of each line? (My answer, an
unequivocal "NO"!)
(2) Should milepost numbers be shown every 4, 8, etc. bars of
dittos, when
each bar is clearly numbered in the first place? (My answer, an
unequivocal
"YES"!!)
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To which my response is:
for (1) a tepid yes as long all the repeated bars/measures are
numbered
consecutively, ie if there are eight bars repeated and four of them
are on
one line then the figure at the beginning of the next line carries the
number five. I've often wondered whether it is really necessary to
make the
bar at the beginning of the line carry the full notation, but I've
gone
along with the convention. It's analagous to the convention of
starting a
new page with the clef when it has been left out on all but the
first bar of
the previous page.
For (2) also yes.
Regards,
Rudi vB.
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