On 13 Mar 2009 at 16:18, Ray Horton wrote:

> 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!

This is *your* reaction, not one that is universally shared.

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David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
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