hi, On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
Werner LEMBERG wrote:Looking into the full score of Strauss's `Salome', I can confirm that (it's one bar before rehearsal number 68, page 50): the position of a whole note tremolo is exactly the same as if there were a stem.This is exactly the rule that's formulated in the book "Noter" by Börje Tyboni (comprehensive Swedish book on music notation, which usually is trustworthy) - "the position of a whole note tremolo is the same as if there were a stem".
berlioz's treatise on modern instrumentation also shows the tremolos placed as if they were on a stem. see attachment or the source at http://tinyurl.com/9ovrcy (link through to google books). (berlioz may not be authoritative, but there are lots of examples of specialist notation in there).
regards, sb -- Simon Bailey Oompa Loompa of Science +43 699 190 631 25
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