On 5/10/06 11:08 AM, "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10 May 2006 at 17:46, dc wrote: > >> David W. Fenton écrit: >>> I've consistently just used parentheses, because in the repertory I'm >>> working in, that is never used in the original sources. >> >> I was assuming Scot meant square brackets, as opposed to the round >> ones. > > I can't recall an edition with square brackets on accidentals that > didn't look terrible (I'm thinking of a particular A-R Edition, in > fact, one that is horridly engraved, in my opinion). > I'm curious which edition in particular you were thinking of. I'd like to go take a look at it. >> It's not because the source doesn't use parentheses that a modern >> edition might not want both (cautionary) accidentals and [editorial] >> accidentals. > > While I'm all for being as clear as possible about editorial > intervention, I don't see that this is the way to go. It seems way > too fussy to me, while using parens for all accidentals not found in > the original (courtesy or editorial doesn't matter -- they are > unambiguously implied in the original, so really, I see them all as > courtesy accidentals) and accidentals above the note for editorial > suggestions seems to me to maintain the same distinction you're > trying to implement with round and square brackets. > > I can't recall very many editions that I've seen that use inline > square brackets for editorial accidental suggestions, and I just > think it's not going to be clear at all. I see no reason to go beyond > the "ficta" practice for editorial suggestions for accidentals. One > reason for that is that putting them inline basically makes them > obligatory, while putting them above means they will likely be > omitted until the performer has studied the score (and decided > whether or not to incorporate the suggested accidental). While I might agree completely with you on the usage of this kind of editorial indication, as a music engraver alone, I don't have the power to change our editorial method. So, unless I am suddenly the managing editor of recent researches, I doubt I'm going to be able to do anything but set square-bracketed accidentals where they tell me to. -Scot -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
