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fingered tremolo
Posted: 15 Dec 2023, 21:24
by hautbois baryton
Hi all, what are your thoughts on the following fingered tremolo patterns (in 4/4)?

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The issues standing out to me are:
- A: The tremolos on the "and" of 2 can be confusing
- B: 3-beat tremolo hides beat 3 of the measure (this one looks okay to me)
- C: 2-beat tremolo hides beat 3 of the measure
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 15 Dec 2023, 21:33
by hautbois baryton
(score page attached for context if you're interested)
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 15 Dec 2023, 21:54
by David Ward
To me it all looks fine (and easy to read) in the score, but I suspect others may disagree.
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 04:04
by John Ruggero
Looks good to me too. But I know what you mean about the syncopated ones (at A). Nothing I know to be done about it, though, since it's just the result of our system of writing tremolos.
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 06:07
by Shinianqi
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Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 14:28
by John Ruggero
It may be a question of taste. To me, B and C lose some of the feeling of syncopation when the values are split up.
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 15:21
by Shinianqi
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Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 17:06
by hautbois baryton
Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I will review this passage when I do the final pagination and cleanup.
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 17 Dec 2023, 01:06
by MichelRE
Add my vote for making beat divisions clear.
I tend to avoid the use of too many syncopations.
I particularly dislike B and C in the OP's post.
Re: fingered tremolo
Posted: 17 Dec 2023, 18:38
by hautbois baryton
Interesting that the "too short" issue with beams, pointed out by @Shinohara Hoshi above, seems to be built into the Easy Tremolos plug-in itself. When the second note has an accidental on it, the 16th and 32nd beams get excessively shortened.