At 08:13 AM 4/28/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Things that are global, like rit, accel, a tempo, rehearsal letters, >and any style markings, should be assigned using measure-attached >expressions. These are the only things that measure-attached >expressions should be used for (though I also put in elapsed measures >this way, you know, repeated measures that get numbered?)
In general, I agree completely with this advice. For me the principal exception is the following situation:
4/4 time, whole note, f on beat 1 dim to p on beat 4. The f is a note expression, of course, but the p has to be a measure expression, since there is no note to attach it to. If you attach it in the score to the whole note, the displacement will be in EVPU and you will almost certainly need to move it in the part. If you make it measure-attached, you can specify the displacement in beats from the beginning of the measure, which means it'll still be in the right place in the part.
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