At 1:10 PM 09/23/02, John Howell wrote: >Played a very successful Pops concert yesterday, and wanted to pass on >comments on engraving and layout issues on specific pieces.
Thanks for the report, John. I find these things useful. Refresh my memory on this: Let's suppose that I'm called upon to make an arrangement for small orchestra. I want to do the best I can, but I'm not a string player. I can sort of guess at the bowings, but bottom line I don't know enough to do a good job of it. For the sake of argument, assume that I'm on my own and in a hurry -- so there's no option of handing off the job to someone better qualified, consulting with a friendly string player, etc. In such a case, what do you recommend I do? 1. Take my best guess at the bowings. 2. Indicate general phrasing I have in mind, perhaps with a note that they are phrasing marks not bowing. 3. Don't mark any slurs at all, and figure the strings will work it out themselves. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
