Re: Whole note tremolo repeats - bug ?

[Simon Bailey]

hi,

On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > Looking into the full score of Strauss's `Salome', I can confirm that
> > (it's one bar before rehearsal number 68, page 50): the position of a
> > whole note tremolo is exactly the same as if there were a stem.
> This is exactly the rule that's formulated in the book "Noter"
> by Börje Tyboni (comprehensive Swedish book on music notation,
> which usually is trustworthy) - "the position of a whole note tremolo
> is the same as if there were a stem".

berlioz's treatise on modern instrumentation also shows the tremolos  
placed as if they were on a stem. see attachment or the source at http://tinyurl.com/9ovrcy 
 (link through to google books). (berlioz may not be authoritative,  
but there are lots of examples of specialist notation in there).

regards,
sb
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