The other issue is one of correction. If the beats are clearly delineated with beams/ties, when you make a sight-reading mistake, it is easy to get back on track on the next downbeat. If you have something like (in 4/4):
3 eighths beamed - dotted quarter - quarter tied over barline to... | flagged eighth - 4 eighths beamed - dotted quarter That style of notation might clearly communicate the 3+3+3+4+3 subdivisions in the line's phrasing, but it also makes it *really* hard to recover your bearings if you make a sight-reading mistake. Notating that figure in a more conventional way, so that the beams/ties show the 4/4 but the accents indicate the 3+3+3+4+3 makes it a lot more likely that the music will be read correctly in the first place, and helps prevent any mistakes from snowballing. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2010, at 10:00 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >> Counting is counting, isn't it? > > Not really. Some people count additively, from left to right, starting over > at bar lines. Others (including me) are trained by their experience to count > in divisions according to beats, which can work well for certain kinds of > music (most jazz and similar music, though not the hard parts of L'Histoire, > as I can attest - to my own embarrassment). > > Chuck > > > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
