On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:06 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth note values or smaller.
However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following rhythm:
[...]
In other words, an eighth-note triplet starting on the "and" of two.
[...]
What say you all?
I say it depends on the context and the style of music. I do stuff strongly in the classical tradition, where there is a stronger expectation of not having syncopations go across a major beat. Thus, in my context, I'd spell it out the detailed way, with two smaller triplets and a tie across the beat.
I'm less familiar with pop and jazz, but my impression from the scores I've seen is that in those traditions it is far more common to have various sorts of syncopated rhythms that cross a major beat, and I assume readers of that sort of music aren't fazed by them. So if I were transcribing music in that sort of tradition, I'd write it with the single eighth-triplet starting at beat "2.5".
(I still think "2.5" is a very strange way to label the 'and' of two. I only call it that because you do and Finale does, but it feels very much like 1.5 to me.)
mdl
P.S. You posted from Earthlink again....
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