Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 2002/09

From: w8wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing your own (was: [kl] Duke Ellington)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:03:05 -0400

<><> Bill=A0Hausmann wrote:
Your teacher was probably only suggesting that you change how the note
stems and flags were set up, so that the groupings would be easier for
the eye to follow.

This raises a question, Bill:

(I'm quite sure that she objected to the unexpected locations of leaps,
which didn't 'fit' with the time signature --- but that's not my
question)

Is it acceptable to beam (say) three quarter-notes and leave a fourth
quarter note standing by itself in 4/4 time?

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