On 1 Jun 2003 at 9:12, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > I think the job of composers and arrangers is to get the notation as close > to correct as possible (or at least provide a detailed example of several > measures within the editorial notes) ... or risk consigning the score's > performance to guesswork in another hundred years.
While I can't disagree with your overall conclusion or the basic argument, it seems to me that you are making the same mistake that anyone who argues for precision in rhythmic notation is making: a single realization limits the performance to that single exact rendition of the rhythm. That is wrongly called "precision," in my opinion, for the less "precise" notation actually includes more information, as it encompasses more possible renderings of the specific music. There is no way around that problem except to abandon live musicians altogether. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
