Re: Irregular "9-tuplet" tremolo notation

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Thanks Reinhold,
that is very much what there is to it

Am 09.05.2010 18:41, schrieb Reinhold Kainhofer:
> Am Sonntag, 9. Mai 2010, um 17:04:12 schrieb Phil Holmes:
>    
> > OK - so the original author was being lazy by writing it as a shorthand.
> >      
> Actually, it's not so much about being lazy, but about telling the performer
> that are really only two notes involved. If you have 9 consecutive 8th notes,
> you'll need to check each one when the pitch changes. With tremolo notation
> you know there are only two pitches involved.
>    
Exactly. Especially if there are many of these groups with only small 
changes over some time.
> > Perhaps the simplest thing would be to repeat the first set of 3 triplets
> > to make the second half of the bar?
> >      
> It might be easier to write, but harder to read. Tremolo notation is a very
> common shorthand for string instruments. If you have several lines of
> identical 16th notes is very hard to count measures (and keep track with your
> eyes) and to see when things change. Using tremolo shorthand notation makes it
> much easier and much shorter and much less cluttered....
>    
Yes, that's very true, also for my problem at hand.

That said, the original problem is basically not solved yet:
Is it possible to have a tremolo that doesn't repeat a pair of notes for 
a regular number of times?

Best
Urs
> Cheers,
> Reinhold
>