Thinking about it ... is 'ad lib' the right term for a few bars that can be missed out? I'm more used to seeing 'ad lib' in the context of cadenzas or sections where the 'soloist' is in control of the tempo/interpretation.
Maybe the bars in question should be indicated with brackets and marked as 'optional'. Michael Withers -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Owain Sutton Sent: 20 January 2004 22:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: ad lib Aaron Sherber wrote: > Hoping someone can help me out with my current brain short-circuit... > > In the middle of a piece of music, let's say there are a few bars which > the oboe can play or can leave out, at the conductor's discretion. So > those bars are marked 'ad lib.' Immediately following are bars which the > oboe must play. What indication cancels the ad lib? > > I know that one way of making this clear is to print the ad lib section > with reduced noteheads, but isn't there some term which I can use as > well? Is the answer simply 'Play'? > > Thanks, > Aaron. > I guess the translation of Ab Lib. as 'at pleasure' means there's probably no negative. Unless you want to instruct the players to perform 'without pleasure'. Perhaps a textual (english) description, or even "cancel ad lib.", would be better? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
