At 4:39 AM +0100 2/24/10, SN jef chippewa wrote:
and in cases of tremolo with 2 voices (layers) that continue as whole notes, is a single tremolo on the whole note ok (top 2 staves on right) or are 2 needed (bottom staff)? there is no ambiguity that they both play tremolo, i think, but not sure what is normally done in such cases.
Good examples. The context controls. On the top staff you have dyads on single stems with single tremolos, and continuing that to the whole notes is perfectly clear. On the bottom staff you have stems-up and -down with two tremolos, and continuing it into the whole notes seems clearest. The middle staff is clear enough, I suppose, but less elegant because it breaks the pattern established in the previous measure (personal opinion, of course).
There's also the question of what comes in the NEXT measure, and whether single or double ties are better.
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