Re: piano ties

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-08-19 10:04, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > The main difference is that the quarter note does not get its own
> > column.
>
> Thanks for your try.  Alas, the notation you are suggesting is not
> standard in piano notation – the first quarter needs a separate stem.

As one infrequently bound to theory and/or tradition, I would say 
"standards, schmandards".  ;-)

I should clarify that, despite having been a musician and playing scores 
for several decades, I am continually amazed at how much goes into 
"good" music engraving and how much more I need to learn.  So feel free 
to dismiss my incompetent ramblings as you wish.

Back to the music at hand, I would propose challenging the notion that 
"the first quarter needs a separate stem".  How absolute is this rule in 
the grand scheme?  My non-standard variant communicates the same musical 
intention, although I will definitely concede that someone could easily 
overlook the filled in quarter note head amongst the dotted halves when 
they are part of the same column.  On the other hand, the presence of 
the subsequent half note and various ties should give the reader enough 
of a cue that the chord is mutating.  That is why, given the context of 
this particular musical section, the quarter in its own column seems to 
add more visual noise to my eye than it serves its supposed standard 
purpose.


-- Aaron Hill