u/michaelroser

Thanks to everyone who responded to my last post giving their impression on how best to notate this rhythmic passage for readability. There was a lot of feedback and multiple different options people were choosing with additional commentary as to how it could be improved. Based on this I have narrowed it down to a few different ways of doing it, while taking into account the feedback, and the suggestion that it might be easier to read if written exactly as rhythmically intended.

Please have a look through and let me know your preferences, or improvements.

Image 1: Simplified version using acciaccaturas, with additional spacing for legibility and separation of eighths to clearly show beats - second staff showing the same but with slurs

Image 2: Same as image 1 but the bass cleff stems are "correct" but may cause readability issues due to their proximity to the acciaccaturas

Image 3: Notated exactly according to intention, with B1 showing beats more clearly, but messier, with B2 showing full note length

Image 4: Same as image 3, except using a 5/2 time signature to be cleaner

All feedback appreciated!

I've been working on a composition which has a very bouncing feel during a particular section, and the best way I have found to make the score not look so cluttered is to use acciaccaturas to achieve this, rather than using a mess of 32nd and dotted 16th notes.

The base way I have done it looks a bit cluttered to me, so I thought I'd make some possible variations of notation and come to you lovely pianists to ask which one you would find easiest to read. I am also open to suggestions other than what is shown here.

Option 1: The base way I have written it

Options 2-4: Using slurs in a variety of ways to tie the acciaccaturas to their relevant notes, to try and give a clearer division of groupings

Option 5: Crossing the stave to separate the groupings

Thanks in advance!