dhbailey wrote:
I can't find any specific reference to what you're asking in either Ross
or Kurt Stone and Gardner Read's book isn't right at hand for me to
check, but my 2-cents' worth on it is that you should repeat the
accidental, since it's not always clear that the curved line at the end
of the system or the beginning of the next system are ties or slurs.
Repeating the accidental removes any ambiguity from the situation.
From a performing point of view, I wholly agree. Unfortunately, I can
also sympathise with the frustration for engravers, that this can look
ugly, mess up spacing, make other ties on other staves look out of
place, and so on.
I'd regard this as something to decide in context, on a piece-by-piece
basis. If it's a whole load of held major and minor chords, then
there's little need to repeat accidentals. If it's complex and
unpredictable lines, then certainly repeat them. Just my 2c.
Owain
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