Can a tremolo have a value of over one quarter note per note?
I was wondering if tremolos can make a note separated into quarter notes. For example, a half note with a bar over it means to divide it into eighth notes, and a whole note with three bars over it means to divide it into thirty-second notes.
Is there any way to notate a note divided into quarter notes, as quarter notes don't have flags to denote as bars above a note?
Moreover, does the same apply to half notes, etc.?
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PiedPiper and user65529 are right: why would you want to and basically no. But if you're familiar with sim. (simile) it might be useful. I can't really picture what you're doing though.
Basically no. You'd need rather unusual meters for that to save a useful amount of space. Remember that tremolo notation is a shorthand and can always be written out explicitly.
Tremolo repeats cannot be used for notes as long as crotchets (quarter notes).
However, you could use simile slashes/percent repeats. For example:
According to this...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation_(music)#Repetition_of_a_single_note_or_chord
...divisi dots can be placed over long notes to show quarter note repetition.
...you may want to confirm that with source other than Wikipedia.
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