Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-21 Thread Adam Golding
How do we know Charpentier didn't accidentally forget the dot on the eight, and that those two 32nd notes aren't grace notes? Perhaps grace notes were not written that way at the time, I'm not sure. On 19/04/2008, dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dhbailey écrit: I'm split between notating it

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-21 Thread John Howell
At 2:47 AM -0400 4/21/08, Adam Golding wrote: How do we know Charpentier didn't accidentally forget the dot on the eight, and that those two 32nd notes aren't grace notes? Perhaps grace notes were not written that way at the time, I'm not sure. I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Apr 2008 at 14:15, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: I also remember a couple of instances when Bach wrote out an ornament when he wanted something different from what the standard interpretation of a particular ornament would be. Might the Charpentier example referenced be another instance of

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-19 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Charpentier, in his manuscript, uses the following notation for the end of a vocal melisma: http://www.philomela.net/ex/charpentier.jpg With the quarter note at the end of the second measure shifted one 16th of the beat. How would you render this measure in a performing edition?