Uh, not in the context we are talking about? A three quarter note
pickup in 4/4? I DEFINITELY only want three beats in that bar, and
preferably a quarter and a half, in that order.
Christopher
On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Ray Horton wrote:
Yes - a whole rest.
RBH
Phil Daley wrote:
At 3/13/2009 06:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>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.
As a player, if there are no notes in a particular measure, I
would prefer to see just one rest taking up the whole measure.
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