At 4:05 PM -0700 3/11/09, Ryan Beard wrote:
This seems like an unnecessarily strict rule, and one that is not
followed in an awful lot of printed music.
And I think that an awful lot of printed music looks awful precisely
because of the poor use of rests. A lot of it has to do with the
"fill with rests at end of measure" feature in Finale. And, although
I don't know for sure, I would guess that Sibelius has a similar
feature.
It does, but it usually makes good sense, and it's easy enough to
jigger when you want something different.
But it all depends on context for me more than it does any set of
"rules" about what's allowed or not in a particular meter.
Here I'm with David.
I'm all for context, but I would like to gently point you to some
"rules" regarding what's incorrect and correct practice for notating
rests.
Gardner Read: page 99
Essential Dictionary of Music Notation (Alfred): page 198
Ross: page 180
Stone: page 134
Powell: page 23
And Clinton Roemer manages to avoid giving any special rules about
this at all. Let's face it, these are all opinions, which there are
plenty of right here on this list without appealing to "higher"
authority! If it reads well, it's fine. If it doesn't, it isn't.
And you're perfectly entitled to your opinion.
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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