Yes, and those people are, at best, misguided.
Rhythms of any complexity in compound meters are made even more
difficult to read (and needlessly so) without dotted rests, which help
visually clarify the beat structure.
Even in 4/4, dotted half and quarter rests should be avoided, but
there's absolutely nothing wrong with the classic dotted eight rest
+sixteenth combo. That's actually much more clear than eight rest +
sixteenth rest+ sixteenth note.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 21 May 2008, at 4:06 AM, dhbailey wrote:
I personally don't have any problem with dotted quarter rests in
compound meter (provided they're used wisely and started on the beat
divisions, not used in any syncopated manner) but I do know that
there are people who adhere strictly to the "No dotted rests!" mantra.
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