As a performer, I find the second extremely confusing. It would not be a good sight read.

I should think both notes would need dots.


At 2/3/2011 10:26 AM, dc wrote:

>I don't assume it's kosher to have two voices with only one notehead (and
>two stems), with a dot that only applies to one note. But I don't seem to
>find any confirmation of this in my reference books. Would the proper
>solution be to move the dotted note to the right and have two noteheads, as
>here?
>
>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/dot.jpg
>
>But then what does one do when both noteheads need a dot, but the values
>are different, such as in the following case - a unison between two voices
>with a dotted 8th and a dotted quarter:
>
>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/dots.jpg

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