notation question

• Jan 20, 2018 - 19:14

See attached image. I don't have just any clue, how staff 1, voice 1 is notated (time signature 4/4). For me it looks like a half rest, a quarter as triplet, an eighth note and two eighth notes as triplet. But this wouldn't match with the time signature. Any suggestions?

Comments

MikeN

• Jan 20, 2018 - 19:33

In my non-expert experience, when things get complicated, editors or composers leave out some of the things that are strictly necessary -- "everyone knows what we really mean, and it would be too complicated to spell it out".

So the last quarter note's worth of time beginning on G, is a big triplet, with two sub-triplets. They have simply omitted the "3" above the whole thing, which would include the G.

I don't know that that whole measure rest is between the top two staves, though.

mike320

• Jan 20, 2018 - 19:45

You are probably right about the triplet with sub triplets. It lines up better with the fragment of the fifth line I now see. I think it's better than my explanation.

mike320

• Jan 20, 2018 - 19:43

This is what it looks to me like they did. This is base upon trying to line up the down beats in this rather sloppy score.

kuwitt's tuplets.png