On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 08:32 AM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote:
At 5:58 PM -0400 8/03/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:The same exception RE: double-dotted notes cited above is also (sometimes) used -- i.e. a double-dotted quarter followed by a sixteenth. Again, not a universally beloved exception, but you see it often enough.
Strictly speaking, in that system double-dotted notes are not used, as dotted rest are not used either. They are considered archaic.
Is there a name for this "system" to which references are being made? Is there an alternative? Basically, I've already taken to heart most of these rules as merely "common engraving practice," and not thought of them as a part of some disparate system of rules.
As a side note: though I follow the Rule of Four and eschew dotted rests, double-dotted notes are no problem in most jobs I've done (as long as they're college-to-professional level pieces). Usually, quarter-tied-to-eighth-tied-to-sixteenth looks really cluttered on a 20- to 30-staff wind band score and a double-dotted note is much cleaner.
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