One very bad publishing idea that was popular in about the mid-20th
century was to break multimeasure rests every 5 or 10 bars, totally
ignoring the phrasing of the music
Yes! - it's appalling and offers no help to the musician at all - please don't do it.
The only music I've ever seen that uses rest symbols and not numbers at all has been photocopies (or originals) of 18th century manuscripts. One group with which I play often uses fascimiles - we can do it, but it takes a little more thought than reading modern parts. I see no reason for using this method in modern editions. The aim should always be to make the job as easy as possible for the musician who already has enough on his plate.
All the best,
Lawrence
"žaes ofereode - žisses swa maeg"
http://lawrenceyates.co.uk
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