Re: Upbeat as full measure or not?

[Urs Liska]

I find the version with the upbeat _slightly_ misleading.

But more importantly I'd consider the relation with the last measure in 
this kind of music. Usually the last measure plus the upbeat make one 
whole measure together.
In your case this would strongly indicate using a full measure with a 
leading rest.

In addition, if you compare the beginning with m. 6 (of the full-measure 
example) I'd say this isn't actually an upbeat but rather a rhythmic 
gesture - which also points in the same direction.

HTH
Urs

Am 02.09.2014 12:21, schrieb Alexander Kobel:
> Dear all,
>
> I wonder whether a "large" partial measure should be notated as a full 
> measure (rest+upbeat) or a partial measure.  More specifically, it's 
> the beginning of the following piece:
>
> - version 1, as partial
>
> http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/6c/Becker-albert_bleibe-abend-will-es-werden.pdf 
>
> - version 2, as full measure
>
> http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/archive/6/6c/20140721085342%21Becker-albert_bleibe-abend-will-es-werden.pdf 
>
>
> It's a time 4/4 { r4 c c c }-style beginning; for time 2/2 { r4 c c c 
> }, or time 4/4 { r8 c c c c4 c }, I'd prefer a full measure, but here 
> my intuition is gone.  What looks more sound to your eye?  Or could 
> anybody consult a copy of Gould or similar?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
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