Yes--there are times when even a control freak like me has learned to leave some things to the players!
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Israels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Piano notation question > Hi Richard, > > There are many (maybe most) circumstances in which I would opt for > your way of leaving things to the instrumentalist, and I often do. > In this instance, the "roll" is part of the forward motion of the > piece, and I want the rhythm I want. > > Chuck > > > On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: > > > On Sep 3, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > > > >> It seems ridiculously picky to notate the value of each note > >> using voices, or layers, and I may be being overly picky even with > >> this notation. How is this done in piano music. > > > > > > No one addressed this part of your question, but as for me--a > > pianist of 50+ years--I'd say you are indeed being mighty picky. If > > you want certain, specific rhythms, seems to me you find a place > > for them within the beat structure of the measures involved. And > > then you'll get those "certain, specific rhythms." > > > > What you won't get, though, is the musicality of a roll. An > > artistic pianist can do those in a way that would almost defy > > capturing them in notation but which would be musical. That's why > > there's a need for that rolled-chord symbol in the first place. > > > > I guess I don't get what it is you're after that beats the > > randomness, but artistic randomness, of a rolled chord as played by > > the pianist. > > > > --Richard > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.com > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
