David, I don't think there is any right or wrong answer here beyond "it depends." Some orchestras/concertmasters like getting already-bowed parts, and some don't; you can't anticipate who'll play the piece next.
If you're self-publishing and are patient, you could engrave the updated draft without the detailed bowings, then pencil them in lightly on the printed set. The best advice I can offer is to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask the same question; you might get a performance or two out of it since there are many conductors on that list. -Daniel Dorff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Froom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 11:54 AM Subject: [Finale] Bowing in orch parts > Hello, > > I am hoping to tap collective wisdom here. I have an orchestral piece that > I'm revising right now. It has had two performances (good orchestras). > After the first performance, I kept the bowings put in by the string section > leaders in the parts. The performers of the second piece rebowed a few > places. > > Now that I am revising, and making a new set of parts, I am wondering if I > should include the bowings in the parts? I have never done this, knowing > that section leaders will do a better job than I would. However, since I > have a nice set of bowings, should I include these in the string parts? I'm > guessing that if I do, the section leaders would pick over them and change > the ones they don't like. In that case, should I just leave the parts > unbowed? > > Obviously, I have slurs and articulations. I'm just talking about the > standard downbow/upbow markings. > > On a side note: I did this piece originally in 3.7.2. I have done a fair > amount of the revising in 3.7.2, and I am impressed with how well the > program stands up! I have done some of the work in 2003, and I am also > impressed with how well the program converts the old files, and also how > much has improved in the intervening years. The revisions were not > extensive enough to require re-extracting the parts -- faster to simply > rework each one. It seems that after converting a part, all I need do is > remove the tie/dot alterations, reset the tie settings to default, remove > system locks, respace and recalc -- and I am ready to go. > > Thanks, > > David Froom > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
