Question about music notation

• Aug 9, 2021 - 13:10

Hi,

I have a general question about musical notation in an example I'm currently transferring from pdf into Musescore for my personal use. It's a song: Va per lo mare, by Alessandro Scarlatti.

Example pic is attached.

  1. Bar 1: on syllables - re, Che - double notes with stems in opposite directions sometimes, and I can't seem to find a purpose/reason for this.

  2. Bar 2: 'cir' syllable is written with both a crotchet, and 2 quavers - what is the purpose of the quavers?

I usually see alternative notes when there is another language or translation beneath. Could there be another historical reason why the notes are written like this?

I'm just wondering if it's necessary to keep these additional notes/double stems in my musescore transcription, or just make it simple.

Thanks for any help.

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• Aug 9, 2021 - 13:13
  1. might be for a 2nd verse (like below the score) where there might be just one syllable for those 2 notes? Sometiems beams are used to indicate that rather then (dotted/dashed) slurs.
  2. same thing, just the other way round, the 2nd verse might have 2 words there

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