Re: Failure to Recognise Partial Measures

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

Mats Bengtsson wrote:
[...]
> Since the final measure in your example will not be a full 
> measure,
> it seems a bit strange to use a full measure rest symbol and not "r2 
> r4". 
[...]

I agree with you.  As far as I know -- and I could be wrong -- accepted 
practice is to use a whole rest *only* for a measure of full value in 
the current meter.  A partial measure would be represented by other rest 
symbols, so this should have been r2 r4.

Then again, Will's example is slightly contrived in that you normally 
wouldn't have a partial measure at the end of a piece unless you have 
one at the beginning as well.  In this case, maybe the final measure 
should have been written in 3/4 time or filled out with an additional 
quarter rest.

Best,
Marnen