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Whole measure rests in Compound duple meter
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Cynthia Karl |
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Whole measure rests in Compound duple meter |
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Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:38:22 -0600 |
> On Dec 10, 2014, at 5:02 PM, address@hidden wrote:
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> Subject: FW: Whole measure rests in Compound duple meter
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> Can't figure out why sometimes these don't go through
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> Subject: Whole measure rests in Compound duple meter
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 15:46:14 -0800
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> Trying to figure out the notation for whole measure rests in 6/8 time. My
> work around right now is r2. which seems to fill up the measure but I find
> this aesthetically unpleasant. Is there another way.
I think the following is succinct and correct:
* the notation for a whole measure rest in a time signature of m/n,
e.g., 6/8 or 5/4 or even 4/4,is: R1*m/n
(the fraction m/n can be reduced to lowest terms, and if the result
is 1, it can be eliminated.)
* for a sequence of k whole measure rests in a row, the notation is:
R1*m/n*k
Examples: * a whole measure rest in \time 6/8 is R1*6/8, or,
equivalently, R1*3/4
* a sequence of 3 whole rests in \time 6/8 is R1*6/8*3