> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Howell > Sent: 23 February 2008 22:39 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura > > > At 5:18 PM -0500 2/23/08, Ray Horton wrote: > > > >I'm done talking out of my area, since we now have string players > >weighing in. I work with them and have parented a couple, but never > >got _really_ comfortable out of first position, myself. > > Gee, that's a real limitation for a 'bone player! > > OK, to ask something seriously, did you have any trouble learning to > adjust your slide positions when you had to pull your F slide to E? > I'd be astonished if you did for more than 5 minutes. And similarly, > any string player can learn to deal with finding the notes in > scordatura, especially since the string length remains the same and > therefore the distance between notes in each position remains the > same (except, of course, for the 4th string extension on string > basses). > > John >
Absolutely. It's more a 'state of mind' than anything else, treating the notation as one step closer to a tablature than normal. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
