OT- Half rests in 3/4 time

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Post by miker » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:00 pm

The title says it all. Is it allowable to use a half rest covering beats one and two, or two and three, if there are notes covering the other beat? Or should it be 2, quarter rests?

I found posts saying both ways are correct, and I just don’t feel like going upstairs to the Gould. The general feel I get is that the half rest is OK, but the quarter rests are more correct.

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Post by RMK » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:04 pm

Two quarter rests in either situation.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:11 pm

A half rest covering beats two and three can be confusing.
I would not do that.

On The Other Hand, a half rest covering beats one and two can be an acceptable (readable) solution in “a tight spot” - even if standard practice is two quarter rests on beats one and two.
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Post by John Ruggero » Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:02 pm

The only case in which I would use a half rest in 3/4 time would be under a fermata. As far as I could find in her book, Gould does not even acknowledge this usage, which is legitimate, and rules out all half rests in 3/4.
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Post by miker » Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:03 pm

Excellent. Thank you all for the education!
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