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Beam slope indicating accelerando or rallentando
Has anybody ever heard of a modern composition notation convention where sloping beams indicate acc. and rall.? A composer colleague of mine who always uses flat horizontal beams claims this (without any special notes in the prefaces to the music).…
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Grouping and beaming 6/8 time signature
I am trying to get this right but don't get the second part where there is a eighth note and followed by 2 sixteenth note
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Beaming notes which have a rest between them
Is it correct to beam two notes with a rest between them? For instance, if you have a quaver followed by a quaver rest, then quaver, will it be correct to beam the two quavers?
Thank you.
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First note of a beamed group must never fall on an off beat, unless it is preceded by a rest of a dotted note
Here's an image related to my question: https://i.stack.imgur.com/zU0ZO.png
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Bar 3 is incorrect, because the 3rd quaver in the group should have a stronger accent than the first quaver. The importance of the third beat of…
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Grouping and beaming 6/4 time signature
I am confused about how to group the 1st bar, I think the half note will remain untouched, the two eighth notes will be joined. The quarter note will also stay as it is and then all the remaining notes will be grouped into one, right?
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What does a beam with no notes signify? (semiquaver beam in my case)
I have the below measure showing what appears a semiquaver beam for 1 beat without notes in the middle of the bar. What does this mean?
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