On May 31, 2009, at 8:58 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 5/31/2009 8:43 PM, John Howell wrote:
I fully realize that different people have different ways of working,
but I find this particular argument (duration before pitch or pitch
before duration) rather amusing. In hand copying (remember doing
THAT, anyone?!!), you do both simultaneously, placing a note on a
line or space and making it black or white, and then finish up the
details.
But in hand copying you *don't* do both simultaneously. You first
move your hand to the right position on the staff, and then you put
a specific kind of note there. There's no other way to do it in
hand copying -- you can't draw a note of a specific duration until
you have first decided what the pitch is going to be.
Aaron.
Sure you can. I do it all the time. It's a great way to compose,
actually, writing the rhythms and maybe an approximate contour, then
go back and choose the pitches. I can only do it with a pencil,
though (so far!)
But I think you two are talking apples and oranges. John was
discussing copying, implying that you already know what you are
putting down on paper.
Christopher
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