Melody in voice 1, or 2?
Which one is correct, and why, please?
For me, it seems to be more readable second one.
In source (old score) is first one. Probably, logic is, that melody is more important, so it was in voice 1.
Are there rules in "bibles", which says, which one is correct?
Thanks
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Is this is for e.g. Soprano and Alto, and the Alto is suppose to sing the higher notes, the 1st variant is more correct one. Or for something like Horn 1 and 2, with Horn 2 playing the higher notes.
In reply to Is this is for e.g. Soprona… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks.
This is violin score, may be "bariolage".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariolage
In reply to Thanks. This is violin score… by sammik
Ah well, violin technique is above my pay grade :-)
In reply to Ah well, violin technique is… by SteveBlower
:-)
![Voices2.png]( "Voices2.png")
I understand that passage as this music:
but a bit ornamented.
Simple sixteens I dont like, as it doesnt show "hidden polyphony" and "two strings"
![Voices3.png]( "Voices3.png")
May be common notation would be this one?
![Voices4.png]( "Voices4.png")
In reply to :-) I understand that… by sammik
The last of these (with eighths) is my personal favorite as the easiest to read and the clearest with respect to intent, but I can't speak to whether that's actually the most common in the violin world.
Well, it's not much of a melody.
Without more context it is difficult to see why it is not written as
![snip1.png]( "snip1.png")
If this is the upper stave of a piano part it might be trying to indicate that the lower Ds are played with the right hand and the upper ones are played with the left hand (i.e. cross handed). But that would really only make sense if it was part of a passage where there are two voices that cross. Something like this perhaps:
The golden rule is "make it clear". I find the "interlocked" version easier to read as the stems fill the spaces where the "implied" rests would go. Whereas with the other version I do a double take to confirm there are the correct number of beats. But the simple four groups beamed together (my first example) is the easiest of all to read and unless you are trying to indicate two different voices I would go for that one. If there are two voices that you need to indicate, then the choice of interlocked or not interlocked would would depend on which hand is playing which voice (assuming this is a piano part)>