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..But I am quite sure you understand piano students much better than I...




Well, it is not piano specific.

Proper notation is proper notation, regardless of instrument.

*Always check each measure carefully to make sure that the number of beats per bar does not get violated or truncated.

*Use of dotted notes is primarily reserved for syncopation but bear in mind that the majority of music is not syncopated.

*Whenever a figure is in doubt, do not trust MIDI softwares to notate a recorded line properly. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Sometimes you can look at published musics to study a bit of the rules in these situations.

That last example posted is good and is an "easy read" - If it sounds like what you want, go with it.


--Mac