Standard notation convention is to simply use a normal whole rest. Ever read something in 12/8? I would say the composer was being over-anal when writing the original manuscript.
You could go against convention and substitute a double-whole rest, but why create more work for yourself? J D Thomas ThomaStudios On May 16, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Martin Banner <[email protected]> wrote: > I am preparing a modern edition of an 18th century choral/orchestral > work. The last several movements are in cut time (4/2), four beats to > a measure, half note gets the beat. > > Finale uses a whole rest as the default empty measure rest, but I'm > not sure if this is preferable, or a double whole rest (which is what > actually is written by the composer in his autograph score). For a > modern edition, is standard practice for an empty measure in 4/2 time > a whole rest or double whole rest? > > If the concensus is double whole rest, how does one get the double > whole rest centered in the empty measures? > > Thanks, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
