> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Gittleman > Sent: 23 February 2008 21:10 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Firebirds > > > Ray: > Are the second vlns notated the same way as the last example > (but at a > different time? (I have a score or two, but have mislaid them.) > > Me: > And I read this post just after having put all the scores > back on the > shelf! > > 1910: > 2nd violins an octave lower than the 1sts and one eighth-note > later cellos an octave lower than the 2nds, starting on the > beat and in > 16ths, not 32ds > > 1919: > essentially the same as 1910 except violas double half the > 2nds (other > 1/2 of 2nds just sustains non-harmonic middle C and D > > 1945: > 2nds just oscillate between 2-octave and octave-plus-5th > harmonics violas one beat after the 1sts > > ng >
I'm not going to send you to fetch the scores again, but it sounds like it would be worth some time for somebody to look at how he deals with this passage in terms of the string section as a whole, because there's clearly substantial changes to more than just the scordatura! _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
