On Mar 18, 2006, at 7:17 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
In all fairness, what Ross says about tempo marks is, "...a bolder
roman type is commonly used..." (p. A-8). This is about as
non-prescriptive as you could ask for. Once could hardly call it a
"rule", especially since earlier chapters are much more prescriptive
in tone.
Much of Ross requires an understanding of the context within which he
wrote, and I think this is especially true of the A appendix.
I completely agree with you ... and yet I have heard many people
represent it as if bold tempo marks is simply the correct thing to do.
I checked Ross before posting, but didn't feel it necessary to quote
him. As I hope I made clear in my earlier post, my point in the post
was not to object to what Ross says, but rather to discuss how some of
Ross's suggestions have *become* standards by virtue of so many people
choosing to treat them as such.
mdl
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