Re: [Finale] Swing rhythm notation (previously: Notational conventions...).

2003-06-03 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 5:07 AM 06/03/03, Michael Edwards wrote: > But in swing rhythms, even if a literally-played triplet rhythm doesn't >swing, and even if *true* swing rhythm is very subtle, too much so to be >notated >exactly, it does strike me that triplet or dotted-rhythm notation is at least >*closer* to t

[Finale] Swing rhythm notation (previously: Notational conventions...).

2003-06-03 Thread Michael Edwards
This debate, while very interesting, seems to have focused on the notation of swing music; but, using that as an example, it does seem to bring up many different aspects of the purpose of notation and the broader philosophy behind it. I do have a few more responses to various postings over th