On 04.01.2004 13:40 Uhr, David H. Bailey wrote
Actually, you CAN use the default whole rest, since its meaning is two-fold: equal in length to a whole note, or, when the only thing in the measure it represents a whole measure of rest. When it is the only thing present in the measure, its meaning is clear to me.
That is not correct. If your measures are 4/2 long you should use the double whole measure rest for one measure. The whole rest only applies to measures up to 2/2, as far as I remember even a 3/2 measure should have a double whole rest.
Johannes
Folks,
I have to agree with Johannes. The normal "whole rest" can be very deceiving in 4/2, 3/1, and other signatures larger than 2/2 when used to indicate a measure rest because it must be available to indicate exactly 2 half notes' duration in a measure that contains notes as well. I remember reading from an edition that used the ordinary whole rest in empty measures that were followed by measures beginning with a "whole rest' followed by two half notes. That was very confusing. The larger signatures are much more common to early music where the original manuscripts used stacked up rests to show a voice part that did not begin until after a long wait. Most of us do not use meters larger than 3/2 nowadays (and I think that some contemporary scores I've seen that use 4/2 would be much easier to read in 4/4). IMHO, transcribers of early music intended for performance (especially by amateur choirs) are well advised to reduce the original meters. A good performance, after all, is a more important goal than what the score looks like. Study scores are a different matter.
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