At the end of the Oboe passage, I would put "to English Horn." If you're using key signatures, I would personally prefer to see the key change right there, as well as staff name change in the score. I do this with a Staff Style. At the beginning of the English Horn passage, I would put "English Horn." Same process for returning to Oboe.
If the piece is has multiple movements, it would be a good idea to label the instrument at its first entrance, even if there wasn't a change in between movements. On the part, all the information that you put into the score should be there, as well as probably an indication at the top of each left hand page after a page turn. It could save time in rehearsal because the player wouldn't have to leaf backwards to find what instrument they're on if the conductor starts rehearsing mid-movement. If you're not using key signatures, the transposition still happens normally. The change is just a little less-obvious, thus the need for clearly labeling the entrances. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Dean M. Estabrook <d.e...@comcast.net>wrote: > > On Jul 5, 2010, at 6:58 PM, John Howell wrote: > > At 4:14 PM -0700 7/5/10, Ryan wrote: >> >>> What's the best way to label a woodwind part that doubles? >>> >>> Piccolo & 3rd Flute >>> or >>> Piccolo/3rd Flute >>> or >>> Piccolo (also 3rd Flute) >>> >>> Does the top one imply that two players are needed? Does the middle one >>> imply that one of the instruments is optional? (i.e. If you don't have a >>> piccolo, you can play it on flute). >>> >> >> Interesting. I wouldn't have drawn the distincions you have, but I think >> you're right about them. The second one looks to me like the most common >> format, and no, I wouldn't read it as saying that one instrument is >> optional. If that's actually the case, you should say so: Piccolo/optional >> 3rd Flute. >> >> >>> Is there another way to label that would be better? >>> >> >> Not that I can think of at the moment. Of course I would put 3rd Flute >> first in order unless the part is mostly piccolo. (Kind of like ingredients >> on food labels!) >> >> John >> >> >> -- >> John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music >> Virginia Tech Department of Music >> College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences >> Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 >> Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 >> (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) >> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html >> >> "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition >> of jazz musicians. >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > I have opened my soul/To let in the warmth of sound/Now my saving grace > Adrian Estabrook, author > > Dean M. Estabrook > http://sites.google.com/site/deanestabrook/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
