Re: [Finale] OT: grace note interpretation in von Weber

2011-05-27 Thread David W. Fenton
On 26 May 2011 at 15:40, John Howell wrote: > I rather suspect that the use of a slash through the > stem was probably not yet standardized for grace notes in von Webers's > time, but I don't know for sure. And I wonder whether that slash was > original, or was added by a later engraver. Just to

Re: [Finale] OT: grace note interpretation in von Weber

2011-05-26 Thread John Howell
At 9:50 AM -0700 5/26/11, Ryan wrote: Hi List, A little unsure about the proper interpretation of this grace note in a Carl Maria von Weber tune. Clicking the link will download a 32KB jpg: files.me.com/ryanwbeard/dsc94z The link doesn't seem to be a valid link. Oops! I lied. It didn't wor

Re: [Finale] OT: grace note interpretation in von Weber

2011-05-26 Thread Florence + Michael
Coming before the two note figure it should certainly be a short grace note (see Leopold Mozart's "Violinschule" or Daniel Gottlob Türk's "Klavierschule"). In this situation, two sixteenths followed by an eighth would be an unusual rhythm: if Weber had wanted it to sound that way, he would have

[Finale] OT: grace note interpretation in von Weber

2011-05-26 Thread Ryan
Hi List, A little unsure about the proper interpretation of this grace note in a Carl Maria von Weber tune. Clicking the link will download a 32KB jpg: files.me.com/ryanwbeard/dsc94z Should the grace note come before the beat? Or should it come on the beat, making the resulting rhythm 2 sixteenth