Hi David- I've been following this thread since the start- and for what it's worthy, my solution would be melody - possibly a bass line, and chords.
However my interest leapt when I saw your comment re Botschaft. "Black notes versus white notes". Piano fingering would be in total chaos! I worked regularly with a choir-leader who always asked for arrgts for band and choir in F#, or Db, or B. I nodded, then did them in F, C and Bb. In 12 years (about 30 arrgt's) she never noticed. Disregarding the aspect of tonality of keys (waiting for flame here!)- I cannot accept that any vocalist can sing something in -say B major, but not in C or Bb. Unless, of course, the song has absolute extremes of register- in which case it really isn't the best choice of song. My 2c - (although we don't use cents anymore)! Cheers K in OZ Keith Helgesen. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- David W. Fenton While at conservatory I accompanied many singers on Brahms's "Botschaft." I'd learned the accompaniment (which is one of his harder ones -- talk about balance problems!) for a baritone, and then was asked to play it for a soprano. I don't remember which direction the problem went, but one was on the black keys and the other on the white keys. So, I had to completely relearn the piece as practically none of the fingerings I'd learned the first time around worked in the new key. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
