At 11:24 AM +0200 5/14/10, dc wrote:
And what's the kosher whole measure rest in 6/8 and 16/8?
As far as I know a regular whole rest is ALWAYS the default for a full measure rest no matter what the meter.
The only exception I can think of is the old fashioned and thankfully obsolete stacking up of rests of various shapes in multi-rests, which originated in 13th century Franconian notation (the first notation to give metric value to breath marks), and hung on MUCH too long! Those of us involved in early music have to be able to read them. The rest of us should not.
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