Hmmn, Someone must have designed it that way on the basis of
tradition and consensus.
I can certainly accept that possibility. I will ask Jessica to find
out what the standard practice is for the staff arrangers in the Army
Field Band, and I'll probably defer to what they normally use, since
that's what the conductor will be used to seeing. It will take a
couple of days, but I'll report the findings.
Chuck
On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:45 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
This is interesting. I have never considered putting choir anyplace
except at the bottom, like an orchestra without strings. I'm
interested to hear your reasons for other positions.
Out of curiosity, I opened a new score in Sibelius using a concert
band template and then added a choir. Sibelius placed them at the
bottom.
I know this is a the Finale list but this machine is waiting on a
reformat and Finale is temporarily uninstalled.
Richard Smith
www.rgsmithmusic.
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dhbailey wrote:
Christopher Smith wrote:
Either top or bottom seems to be common - strict classical
procedure calls for the choir to be placed above the strings in
the orchestra, which would most probably translate as at the
bottom of a concert band score. But there seem to be variants in
score order these days, especially in concert band music, which
seems to be written overwhelmingly for the educational market.
Speaking with my conductor's hat on now, I prefer to see the
chorus in the middle of the score, between the saxes and trumpets.
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