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Hi all,

My solo wind instrument piece is in 4/4 and I have some dotted minim unmeasured tremolos.

I was just reading in Gould (page 226) that "Except for minim tremolos, tremolo beams are not attached to stems." On page 225, there is an example of a dotted minim tremolo with unattached stems, however I see that on page 229, there is an example of a dotted minim tremolo with its stems attached to the tremolo beams. So, I am wondering which way to go...

Cheers,
HP.

Right under the statement on p. 226 she shows that minim tremolos can be written three ways, so I think it's your choice.

By the way, when are minims and quavers going to go the way of shillings and sixpence?

By the way, when are minims and quavers going to go the way of shillings and sixpence?

With a Brexit of sorts upcoming, I'ld say 'never'.

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motet wrote:By the way, when are minims and quavers going to go the way of shillings and sixpence?

With a Brexit of sorts upcoming, I'ld say 'never'.

I'm not so sure. One consequence of Brexit *might* be to make the UK become, over time, a little closer to the US in its vocabulary. The French and the Italians have their own terms for these note values, which are not completely unrelated to the UK ones. The Germans though use the same as the US (but in German).

I fear Brexit will not make it so easy for the next generation of the countless young musicians from the UK whose careers have first taken off in Germany. A good example has been the young Edinburgh mezzo Catriona Morison, winner of Cardiff Singer of the World 2017. Her professional career really began in Weimar, after which she joined Oper Wuppertal as a company artist and has become a Festengagement (company principal singer) there.