Hi, 2014-07-23 18:07 GMT+02:00 Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>: > At 13:46 23/07/2014 +0200, Karol Majewski wrote: >> >> And how to divide this: >> >> c4 c8 c8~ c4 c4 >> >> or >> >> c4 c8 c4. c4 > > > Elaine Gould says (on pp.166-7) "Note-values sustained across a beat or > half-beat must expose the beat structure of the bar", "Only very > straightforward rhythms may be written across the beat or half-bar", and "In > 4/4 it is the third (not the fourth) beat that should be exposed". She gives > as an example: > c8 c4.~ c8 c4 c8 > and says "and not" > c8 c2 c4 c8 > > So she'd certainly pick your first option.
I second that. Not earlier than on last Monday i was heavily confused by the notation similar to the second one (i.e. without explicit 3rd beat). I believe that something like that makes sight-reading much harder, unless someone is an expert in this kind of music. best, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
