Re: Alternative Quarter Rest

[Dan Eble]

On Nov 28, 2014, at 08:51 , Dan Eble <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 03:49 , Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> I think that the symbol itself could be improved.  Somehow the slant
>> of the diagonal line looks to steep, so I think its shape should
>> probably checked with original scores (e.g. old Italian and French
>> vocal scores like Ricordi's old edition of `L'esirir d'amore').
>> 
>>   Werner
> 
> Thanks.  I don’t know if this is exactly what you meant, but in this 
> low-resolution scan,
> 
>  http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/caw8891/large/index.html
> 
> the rests are probably taller than the samples I’ve been working from.

The second draft is attached.  I found no other examples online (maybe I’m 
lazy) so I interpreted a little.  The scan made it look like the rests were 
touching the staff lines, but I didn’t like that, so I left a little room.

Should the rests and note heads be aligned at the left edge, as they appear to 
be?

z-rest-test.pdf
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