Hi, thanks for this very useful answer. I would love to see your handout if you can share it with me.
Educational score...well a semipro or a pro wouldn't of course use my voicings...or let's say I hope they don't ;-) But yes, my arrangements are intended to sound as good as possible but be possible to play also by amateur bands. That is; as precice instructions as possible, voicing suggestions, not too many special instruments (like sax section where all five are expected to play flute or clarinet etc), not too complicated rhythm figures, avoid places needing a dedicated conductor etc... Also often, there are often stand-in people at gigs and my experience is that the reasonably simple pieces are the ones that sounds best with many stand-in:s. If we proceed to the studio it would be another thing. The idea about modifying a multimeasure rest with text instructions is actually a very good idea...or it might be for some parts I think. But I also agree on the drawbacks that you outline. I'll do some more thinking... Thanks again! /D > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Tillberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008 16:00 > Subject: [Finale] Avoiding long parts (e. g. for rhythm section) > To: finale@shsu.edu > >> Hi folks, >> >> When arranging for big band, there might be for instance three >> separatelong choruses which essentially repeats in piano and >> guitar since the rely >> on the same chord pattern even though the horns have three totally >> different designed choruses. In the score, pi/gui are repeated >> for easy >> score reading, and it is of course easy to achieve this with >> copy/pastetools. But the parts get of course very long, and >> especially in the piano >> part where I have suggested voicings for both hands. For the >> horns this is >> rarely a problem since multimeasure rests shorten the parts. >> >> Anyone having any good advice on how to shorten e. g. a piano >> part with >> these characteristics? I am not even sure how I want it to >> look...so first >> I might need some advice what is typical and then what Finale >> can do in >> this area. But essentially I guess I could use some method like giving >> information to the pianist in letters G, H, I that chords and voicing >> suggestions are as in C, D, E. >> > > If you absolutely need the suggested piano voicings for all choruses (I > would imagine this is an educational chart?) then there is no recourse. > You would have to preserve all repeats (or lack thereof) in all parts > IDENTICALLY, or risk a rehearsal nightmare. It is essential to have ALL > parts and the score with identical form and bar numbers. > > If you can remove the suggested voicings for later choruses, then maybe > just sections with chord symbols can be compressed somewhat (six or even > eight measures per system rather than four) to save some space. > > >> Now pianoplayers might not have a big problem with turning >> pages, however >> drummers certainly do not like to have parts with more than 2 or >> max 3 >> pages - fully understandable. So also here I hope there is some >> standardfor how to say that B is latin 16 bars and no cues, C is >> latin 24 bars and >> no cues etc. >> > > > For drum parts with no cues, you can leave the part blank and let a > multimeasure rest be created in the part. Edit the rest to substitute > another symbol (like a wavy line) that doesn't mean a multimeasure rest, > and add the text "Play time 16 bars" or something like that. > > I personally don't like this method because if the drummer wants to add > any information to the part at all, he doesn't have a measure to attach it > to. Sometimes I ask the drummer "in bar 8, can you catch the sax figure?" > and he writes it in. He can't do it in this case. > > I find that I can often compress drum parts that are only slashes quite a > bit. Eight bars per system is quite doable and readable if there are not > too many cues to complicate things. Also, if there is not a lot going on, > the drummer can still ride with one hand and turn the page with the other, > which puts him ahead of the bassist! > > >> I know that this is fairly general question. But I hope there is some >> article or similar about this that someone can point out...? > > > I wrote a handout for my students that pretty much just elaborates what I > said above. I will send it to you if you want. > > Christopher > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
