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Notation Questions

Discussion in 'Notation' started by Duncan Formosa, Mar 16, 2022.

  1. #1 Duncan Formosa, Mar 16, 2022
    I've been doing a lot of transcribing lately (normally I would never have the score in front of me or try to write it down but I've been trying to make a habit of how Mike's said to transcribe.)

    Since I've been doing this I've stumbled upon a few things that I thought I would ask about, so I thought I would make this thread.

    Here's my first question. I've been transcribing the back to the future theme and here was my attempt at writing this bar. For the G note I used a dotted quarter note like this.

    upload_2022-3-16_22-56-12.png

    However, when I went to the book, it was written like this.
    upload_2022-3-16_22-56-47.png

    The timings are exactly the same though right? Is it bad to write it the way I wrote it? It seems easier to write it like that so I'm curious why the original is using a tie.
     
  2. #2 Paul Poole, Mar 17, 2022
    Both are duration-ally fine and technically correct, but the second example is a little better because it shows the fourth beat, which a conductor would likely spike in order to cue the 16ths.

    What looks weird is the wide spacing after the G in both examples. You wouldn't have it like that in a part, but it might be necessary in a score if there are lots of quick notes in other parts on beat 3, which I'm guessing may be the case here.
     
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  3. #3 Duncan Formosa, Mar 17, 2022
    Ah, I see, that makes sense. Thanks!

    Yeah, there's a little woodwind rip in that part which is causing the large gap.
     
  4. #4 Marian Szewczyk, Mar 30, 2022
    It's a valid question. But as a composer, don't stress out too much about it. Both is 100% valid. Concentrate on your ideas.
     
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