Pace those who think differently, Beethoven doesn't seem to have much
problem with either formulation...
dottted-quarter plus three eighths is all over the first movement of
the Eroica (well, strictly speaking, not, since he always writes it as
quarter, eighth-rest, three eighths) and also throughout the Egmont
Overture (again, with the rest
Schumann also uses dotted-quarter plus three eights in several
passages in the first movement of his Second Symphony
quarter plus four eighths IS all over the first movement of Beethoven 8.
Context certainly does matter, but in none of these cases is there
anything remotely problematic about the notation.
ng
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