Apologies for dragging up old threads, but I've been away for a while
jhoerr writes:
What does this prove, except that *your* rules are self-defeating and
incomplete? If your rules imply a contradiction where even novice
musicians agree on a single interpretation, don't you think maybe the
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, John Walsh wrote:
As you point out, that leads to a contradiction: by rule one, a tied
note is the same as the note in the preceeding measure; by rule 2, it
can't be the same note since the accidental has just been cancelled by
the bar line. Bingo, contradiction!
What
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, John Walsh wrote:
(1) A pair of tied notes are each part of the same note, and
necessarily have the same pitch.
(2) An accidental becomes part of the key signature (unless
explicitly cancelled) for the remainder of the measure
*and no
