On 12 Apr 2005, at 5:08 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I think it would be OK on a guitar or bass part, where one might expect the player to sound anyway on the 4th beat, but a pianist or drummer might make a big difference between two 8ths on the 4th beat and one 8th on the "and" of 4.
Yep. That's why good copyists don't do that.
I guess I just have to accept the fact, kicking and screaming, that a good solution doesn't exist in our normal notational system for jazz.
I've never had any problem with the standard solution -- slash on beat four, push on the and of four. If you're willing to accept that (stemless) slashes are just *beat markers*, not notes, then there's no problem. There's certainly no problem reading it.
I have finally settled on kicks UNDER time - putting a rhythmic cue UNDER the staff so it doesn't interfere with the chord symbols.
That's what I do for rhythmic cues not intended to be doubled by the player.
It seems more normal to me to put the cues OVER the staff, but I end up having to raise the chord symbols so much that it messes up my layout.
It's also harder to read that way.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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