On 11 Dec 2007 at 20:21, John Howell wrote: > At 3:35 PM -0500 12/11/07, Jacki Barineau wrote: > >I'm notating a song in 6/8 time and in one spot it has syncopated > >rhythm, and I'm not sure which way is the proper way to notate it! > >There are 4 notes in the measure, each getting 1.5 counts - would > >this be portrayed with 4 dotted-eighth notes? Or would you do > >dotted-eighth, 16th-tied-to-8th, dotted-eighth, 16th-tied-to-8th? > > Opinion: The former, if you want the 4-against-6 to be brought out. > (Possibly syncopation, but sounds more like a sort of hemiola.)
If it's a syncopation, I think I'd use the ties or the dotted 8ths. If it's 2 against 3, I'd use two 8th-note duplets. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
