This is a question of notation style, I'd appreciate an opinion...
I'm an amateur songwriter, normally writing for a solo singer. In the melody line I often write a two-beat phrase comprising a dotted quarter note and an eighth note. But on playback I realise that it isn't quite correct. To make the timing correct I can change it to a triplet comprising a half note and a quarter note. However, this looks cluttered and I don't think it's quite as easy to read.
So I'm trying to choose between: - Dotted quarter note and an eighth note = visually clean, easy to read, but timing not quite correct, or - Triplet comprising a half note and a quarter note = perfectly correct timing, but not as visually tidy.
Which would you recommend? - Use the dotted quarter note to make it visually simpler, and assume that the singer will interpret the timing suitably. - Or use the triplet to show the exact timing?
