I have a lot of French scores, some recent, some older and and some
dating back as far as the end of the 18th century. In most cases the
stems do not carry through the beams (there are even some sloppily
engraved scores where some stems do carry though and others don't),
but I can't find a score where the staff lines are removed. There are
cases where the lines are hardly visible, for instance in certain
scores where the beams are thick and close together, but on close
inspection the staff lines do in fact continue.
Michael Cook
On 8 Mar 2007, at 14:57, Robert Patterson wrote:
Brennon Bortz wrote:
Also, often in French beams staff lines will be removed between
beams so that only white space is seen--no stems or staff lines.
Could you offer a citation for staff lines being removed? I just
checked my Durand scores (Ravel and Messiaen) and they do not
remove staff lines. What they often do is avoid having the beam
cross any staff lines, but when the beam crosses a staff line, the
staff line is visible inside the beam.
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