Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale For me it would depend on the meter. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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. :-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY 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 ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re(2): [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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). ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted notes preferences?
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). -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/dershem/# http://members.cox.net/dershem ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
