Re: shortened flags affair, part 7 - downstem full-length 64th and 128th flags

[Carl Sorensen]

On 3/18/11 5:23 AM, "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Janek,
>  
> I prefer the newer ones, although I doubt I'll use them too often in real
> music!
>  
> However, I was looking at my Gardner Read and think that, strictly, all the
> flag shapes are a little wrong according to his "rules".  The quaver flag is
> too short, and the shorter note flags don't join the stem properly.  To be
> honest I'm not too bothered, but wondered what other people think.  Please see
> the attached scan from his book, which is a few excerpts from pages stuck
> together.

I think Read's example flags are very inconsistent, so it's hard to decide
what the details of the flags should be.  I've looked throughout his book,
and the flags change from occurrence to occurrence.

Thanks,

Carl