Dotted half rests, in non-compound meters, give the music an amateurish
appearance, just as a conversational tone might tarnish an article for a
scholarly journal. Y'know what I mean?
Whenever I see a dotted half rest in non-compound meter, I assume a
computer engraver with auto-fill rests that he/she doesn't know how to
control. If that is the impression yu want to give, then, by all means,
use them!
Raymond Horton
Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 13.03.2009 dhbailey wrote:
Surely we could put together an equal and opposing number of position
papers on the use of dotted rests being A) clear to the performer; B)
as easy to read with a little practice as any other facet of notation
is for those who aren't comfortable with them; C) more helpful in
terms of indicating the phrasing than using undotted rests to equal
the same rhythmic space.
I am sure you can, but you will find that none of the big European
publishers (I cannot say about American publishers) will ignore these
conventions. No, there isn't a rule book, and things will change. But
there is also no use in everyone having their own rules.
I can tell you that dotted rests in some of the badly prepared
computer editions I have used are very confusing to a lot of
conventionally trained orchestral musicians. Add to that bad lighting
in the opera pit and a dot is easily overlooked.
Johannes
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