I recently received my copy of "Behind Bars", Elaine Gould's "definitive guide to notation". She says that a dotted note and a note without a dot may share a single dotted notehead, unless this makes the rhythms ambiguous, in which case you should use separate noteheads. For the example you give, if it's a keyboard piece I think a shared notehead would be OK. But it's correct as you wrote it (you may also place the dotted notehead before the other one if you prefer).
For your second example, Gould says that if both parts share the notehead, you only need one dot. If you have two noteheads, each one needs a dot. In cramped conditions the dots may be placed vertically one over the other in two different spaces, but otherwise it's better to separate the noteheads and put a dot after each notehead. For your example, I'd stay with the single notehead and single dot. Michael On 3 Feb 2011, at 16:26, dc wrote: > I don't assume it's kosher to have two voices with only one notehead (and two > stems), with a dot that only applies to one note. But I don't seem to find > any confirmation of this in my reference books. Would the proper solution be > to move the dotted note to the right and have two noteheads, as here? > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/dot.jpg > > But then what does one do when both noteheads need a dot, but the values are > different, such as in the following case - a unison between two voices with a > dotted 8th and a dotted quarter: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/dots.jpg > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
