I much prefer No. 1. No. 2 is awkward to read and understand. Less is more. The beaming in both examples shows the beat. No. 1 does not obscure the text whereas the right/left indications in No.2 only interfere.
Guy Hayden -----Original Message----- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of dc Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:48 AM To: finale-shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] indication of hands in keyboard music I didn't get many (or any) replies to my first message on this subject, so I thought I'd try again with an example to make my question clear. This is a question mainly for keyboard players. Which of these two notations do you prefer? www.collins.lautre.net/files/hands.jpg 1 makes the hands more apparent, but 2 makes the beats clearer, of course. Amusingly, the preface to these pieces says that the composer has made things easier by using 1, though in the music itself he generally uses 2. Thanks, Dennis _______________________________________________ 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
