Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-23 Thread dhbailey

Leigh Daniels wrote:

Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied versions?
I get requests from players to replace dots with ties.

**Leigh



I think that there isn't an easy answer to Leigh's question.

Certainly dotted halves can't be presenting problems for people beyond 
the 3rd or 4th lesson as a beginner.


And dotted quarters should be common enough for people.

The use of dots which obscure the middle of the measure or which obscure 
beats in syncopated rhythms can cause problems.  Lots of times I'll be 
transcribing a work which may have Q, dotted-Q, 8th, Q  in 4/4 and I'll 
enter it as Q, Q-tied-to-8th-beamed-to-8th, Q so that it's easy to see 
where beat 3 starts.


One other place in simple meter where I'll often eliminate the dotted 
note is 8th, dotted-Q.


If I were to get many requests from players to replace dots with ties 
and I were to continue to write/arrange music for that same group of 
musicians, I'd bow to their requests.


On the other hand, if it were a couple of random and isolated requests I 
wouldn't worry about it -- there are some people who just don't want to 
think beyond 1, 2, 3, 4.  :-)



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Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-23 Thread dhbailey

Jari Williamsson wrote:

Let's say you have these tied note durations:
quarter-eight-sixteenth

You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To 
create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same 
rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern?



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For me it would depend on the meter.

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Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Carl Dershem

Leigh Daniels wrote:

Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied
versions? I get requests from players to replace dots with ties.

**Leigh


Depends on what you're used to, and how much practice you have at
both/either.  I prefer dots myself, but some people don't see them often
enough to be comfortable with them.

cd


On Sat, Dec 22, 2007, Lee Actor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Quarter-dotted eighth scans much better than dotted
quarter-sixteenth.  The second case is not quite so clear-cut, but
I still think half-dotted quarter is preferable (I assume these are
4/4 meter).

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Re(2): [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Leigh Daniels
Just curious: do the dotted versions scan better than the tied versions?
I get requests from players to replace dots with ties.

**Leigh

On Sat, Dec 22, 2007, Lee Actor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Quarter-dotted eighth scans much better than dotted quarter-sixteenth.  The
>second case is not quite so clear-cut, but I still think half-dotted quarter
>is preferable (I assume these are 4/4 meter).


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Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Aaron Sherber

At 06:19 PM 12/22/2007, Jari Williamsson wrote:
>Let's say you have these tied note durations:
>quarter-eight-sixteenth
>
>You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To
>create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same
>rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern?

What Darcy said. Quarter+dotted eighth, and half+dotted quarter.

Aaron.

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Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Definitely quarter + dotted eighth. (When a beat contains sixteenth  
subdivisions, I generally try to show the beginning of the beat.)


And yes, definitely half + dotted quarter for the second example.

Cheers,

- Darcy
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On 22 Dec 2007, at 3:19 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote:


Let's say you have these tied note durations:
quarter-eight-sixteenth

You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To  
create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same  
rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern?



Best regards,

Jari Williamsson
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RE: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Lee Actor
> Let's say you have these tied note durations:
> quarter-eight-sixteenth
>
> You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To
> create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same
> rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jari Williamsson

Quarter-dotted eighth scans much better than dotted quarter-sixteenth.  The
second case is not quite so clear-cut, but I still think half-dotted quarter
is preferable (I assume these are 4/4 meter).

Lee Actor
Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic
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[Finale] Dotted notes preferences?

2007-12-22 Thread Jari Williamsson

Let's say you have these tied note durations:
quarter-eight-sixteenth

You allowed to use one dotted note - where would you use the dot? To 
create a dotted quarter or as a dotted eight? Would you use the same 
rule if were half-quarter-eight pattern?



Best regards,

Jari Williamsson
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