I too have been watching the discussion of beaming with interest. As a
player, I have always preferred to have the eigths in 3/4 beamed together.
Just me. From a historical note, I revisited my facsimile of the autograph
of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. In the first movement he frequently flags
the first 8th and them beams the remaing 3. I assume for phrasing purposes.
In the autograph of the first movement he also sometimes writes a dotted
quarter with a slash to indicate the 3 eighths. In the C major section of
the third movement (basses gone wild; 3/4) he consistently notates quarter
note, 8th rest, three beamed 8ths. This, seems to me, also is for
phrasing.
I suggest no firm solution here, I just thought some of the list might be
interested. I certainly have been quite interested in the discussion and
find merit in several of the points made, pro and contra.
Bruce Clausen
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Thanks to all. Yes, I should have given the context, of course. This is a
section of a Lully motet. The source I'm transcribing has all groups of
(last) three or four 8ths beamed. Personally, as a performer myself, I
think this is perfectly clear. But I'm interested in knowing what the
standard rules are.
Dennis
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