I've been dipping into Gould's book since I received it about a week ago. I would certainly recommend it: I have found answers to almost all the questions I could think of, although sometimes it may not be immediately evident where to look. For "unisons" there are 14 different pages or page regions referenced in the index: in fact the second one led me to "dotted unisons", which covers the questions you asked and more (what to do with dotted unisons on ledger lines, for instance).
I don't have the courage to read the book from cover to cover, but I shall keep dipping in, either more or less at random or prompted by a particular question. I'll let you all know if I find anything that shocks me, or if I _don't_ find something that I think ought to be in there. For the moment I'm very impressed. Michael On 3 Feb 2011, at 18:05, dc wrote: > Florence + Michael écrit: >> 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. > > Many thanks, Michael. Would you recommend Gould's book? It seems to have > answers to our questions! > > 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
