On Friday, 3 September 1999, Han-Wen Nienhuys writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > The underlying assumption in this academic's preference for the dotted
> > rest is that a rest with an augmentation dot is in some way more
> > symmetrical than a rest accompanied by another rest of half its value.
>
> I don't think so. When I read, I recognize a dotted note or rest as
> being one symbol. Especially in ternary meters, the dotted symbol is
> a rhythmic unit. Using them reduces the amount of symbols (and thus
> information) that I have to cope with while reading.
Isn't this a non-issue anyway? It's for the user to decide whether
to type
r8.
or
r8 r16
?
Jan.
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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