Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 2002/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing your own (was: [kl] Duke Ellington)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 06:12:42 -0400

At 07:03 PM 9/12/2002 -0700, William Wright wrote:
> <><> Bill Hausmann 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?

Unusual, perhaps, but if it makes the phrasing clearer I don't see why it
should not be done.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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