slightly OT - 3 beaming choices

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Post by Andreo Basisto » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:50 pm

Greetings!

In terms of readability, which of the 3 possibilities in the attached file is the better beaming choice?

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Post by N Grossingink » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:07 am

"A" looks clearest to me.

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Post by Graeme Gilmore » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:47 am

I prefer A or B. I like B best, possibly because it was the way I have seen these patterns engraved for so long. It conveys the meaning without the business of breaking the secondary beam as A (quite correctly) does.
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Post by motet » Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:15 am

I like B the best, too. It's a little easier to see at a glance where the beats are than A.
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Post by John Ruggero » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:07 pm

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:11 pm

Yet another variation on the readability theme:
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Post by Zoots » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:53 pm

B with a lesser preference for A; definitely not C which provides less visual information on where beats occur (4/4).
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Post by Gareth Green » Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:59 pm

I prefer A over B; C is a non-starter, but I think everyone seems to agree on that.
However, just to throw another idea in the mix, depending on what sort of ensemble I was writing for, I would give consideration to replacing the middle note of each group with a staccato eighth note, thereby improving readability by removing the rest altogether ... probably not everyone's cup of tea.
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Post by Andreo Basisto » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:05 pm

Thank you all for these votes – very interesting! So far, B is the clear winner with 4 votes.

Perhaps I should now divulge that A is Finale’s default setting; B is from Breitkopf & Härtel and C comes from Bärenreiter. Certainly interesting that C gets no votes so far, despite the high regard for that firm's scores!

OCTO suggested I post the same question on the NOTATIO website, so I await further votes there.

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Post by michelp » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:26 pm

Another variation of B, with mini-stems :
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Post by motet » Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:45 pm

Andreo Basisto wrote:C comes from Bärenreiter. Certainly interesting that C gets no votes so far, despite the high regard for that firm's scores!
What's the piece? C might make sense if the tempo is slow enough to be beat in eighths.

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Post by Andreo Basisto » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:30 pm

It's the 2nd corno di bassetto part from Mozart's Gran Partita - Adagio. Most probably will be beat in 8. I'm tasked with transposing the parts for alto clarinet as we're lacking corni di bassetto players in deepest rural Lincolnshire!

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Post by motet » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:46 pm

In that case, C would be perfectly readable.

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Post by Peter S. » Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:28 pm

Andreo Basisto wrote:It's the 2nd corno di bassetto part from Mozart's Gran Partita - Adagio. Most probably will be beat in 8. I'm tasked with transposing the parts for alto clarinet as we're lacking corni di bassetto players in deepest rural Lincolnshire!

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In that case I would have a look at the other parts (e.g. Oboe 2) and do the same beaming as in these parts.

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