Re: notation rule question

[Janek Warchoł]

Hi,

2014-07-23 18:07 GMT+02:00 Brian Barker <address@hidden>:
> At 13:46 23/07/2014 +0200, Karol Majewski wrote:
>>
>> And how to divide this:
>>
>> c4 c8 c8~ c4 c4
>>
>> or
>>
>> c4 c8 c4. c4
>
>
> Elaine Gould says (on pp.166-7) "Note-values sustained across a beat or
> half-beat must expose the beat structure of the bar", "Only very
> straightforward rhythms may be written across the beat or half-bar", and "In
> 4/4 it is the third (not the fourth) beat that should be exposed". She gives
> as an example:
> c8 c4.~ c8 c4 c8
> and says "and not"
> c8 c2 c4 c8
>
> So she'd certainly pick your first option.

I second that.  Not earlier than on last Monday i was heavily confused
by the notation similar to the second one (i.e. without explicit 3rd
beat).  I believe that something like that makes sight-reading much
harder, unless someone is an expert in this kind of music.

best,
Janek