Re: 5027: NR example with bad engraving practice

[Hans Aikema]

> On 5 Jan 2017, at 23:16, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>> On 04.01.2017 15:01, Hans Åberg wrote:
>>>> This is just a quirk of the 4/4 [meter], also mentioned in Hindemith, 
>>>> "Elementary Training", p. 30. In other words, the note should not cross 
>>>> the 2nd and 4th metric accents, but it can cross the [3rd].
> 
> I’ve never heard of that and would assume it is a peculiarity in Hindemith. 
> Can anyone cite Gould or similar on the topic?
> 
> Best, Simon
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Have Gould at hand, but I think it depends on interpretation of Gould p171 in 
the section on Syncopation

<quote>
The following common patterns are exceptions and should always be written as 
follows
</quote>

description of the image that follows for 4/4 time:
crotchet minim crotchet  and not crotchet crotchet tie crotchet crotchet

does that hold for ‘minim in the middle of the measure’ or just for an exact 
crotchet minim crotchet measure?