Musicians will automatically assume a dotted half note to mean the duration of three consecutive quarter notes. Option #2 will probably be easiest to interpret.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:48 PM, PMA
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Hi List.
This is a question about notational judgment.
I have a several-bar phrase in quick 5/8 time
(qtr. + dotted qtr., but quick enough to allow
only one felt beat per bar), and want to give
its first bar a tempo spec equivalent to
<full-measure-value> = 80
So, how shall I specify that value? I figure my
options are:
1) "Meas ="
2) { \note #"4" #1 } tied to { \note #"4." #1 } "="
or simply
3) { \note #"2." #1 } "="
I tend to favor #3, counting on the original
meaning of the Dot -- to lengthen to some
needed if not-quite-metrically-exact extent.
If you saw that in a score, would it strike
you as sensible, or just wrong?
Thanks for any responses.
Pete
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