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 <peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 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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