Barry Say says: | > Under what circumstances would you want a word or symbol in the lyrics | > to align with a rest? | > | I have seen this in the case where words are spoken are shouted or | indications such as (clap) (stamp). Sophisticates may well use | percussion notation rather than rests in the melody line, but I have | seen both. It seems more flexible to allow this rather than forbid. I | think the question is why should it be forbidden?
Yeah; I have a Finnish/Swedish tune in my collection where there is a rest and you're supposed to shout "Hej!". I get it on the page now by "abusing" the chord notation. It would make more sense to use a w: line, of course. But it would only work if the word could be attached to a rest. In this case, the only word in the tune is on a rest. In general, it seems that rests should almost always be treated as notes. The only way they're different is that a rest doesn't have a pitch. -- O <:#/> John Chambers + <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
