I tend to prefer legibility over consistency. If there is quarter note at the beginning of the bar, I would probably write 4 8r 4r 8. But if there is only the 8th at the end of the bar I would probably write 4r-dot 8r 8r 8. Many reference books advocate not using dotted quarter rests in 6/8, but I have come to disagree with them in many situations.
On 11/6/07, Aaron Sherber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm curious as to how you feel about notating sub-beat rests in > compound meters. In particular, something like a 6/8 bar with two > eighths of silence and an eighth pickup to a dotted quarter on beat > 2. Should the rests at the beginning of the bar be two eighth rests, > or a quarter rest? > > Gardner Read seems to come down fairly unequivocally in favor of a > quarter rest here, but when I see it on the page, it looks a little > funny; I keep wanting to play the eighth on beat 2. At the same time, > a series of eighth rests can be disorienting, like this in 6/8 > (q=quarter note, e=eighth note, r=eighth rest): > > q r r r e > > Those three eighth rests can visually be hard to parse. On the other > hand, I find this far preferable if the 6/8 is in 6 rather than 2. > > I suspect this is one of those things where people feel very strongly > about their own preferred method, and I'm not looking to start a > religious war over it. But I am interested in hearing different approaches. > > Thanks, > Aaron. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
