Just change clefs as needed. It's fine. Really. Cheers,
- DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Sep 2010, at 5:57 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > I have been in contact with the edition by mail and phone, and the order has > been placed. The free shipping also goes for Denmark, which is kind of > unusual in web dealings across borders. > > However I have run into a problem, which preferably should be solved soon, as > my current project is about Christmas music to be performed this year. > > It is a hymn with verses 1, 2, and 4 set by me, and the 3rd verse using a > setting from an old hymnal. > > The setting varies between 4- and 5-part-voicings. > > My problem is with the 4-part notation for organ, which is written on 3 > staves, which in turn fits the 5-part passages well. > > For the sake of registration I write the soprano line on the top staff and > the bass line on the bottom staff. Trivial. Less trivial are the alto and > tenor lines written in layers 1 and 2 on the middle staff. If in treble clef, > they sit very low on the staff, down to C below middle C. I so far use bass > clef, but the alto goes to A above middle C. And with these two parts being > quite independent rhythmically, I don’t like the visual result. > > Visually I could improve the writing by using alto clef, tenor clef, or > treble clef octave down, but that would create reading problems or confusion. > The same would go for frequent shifts between treble and bass clefs. > > What to do? > > Klaus > > > --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Matthew Hindson (gmail) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Matthew Hindson (gmail) <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Behind Bars >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 2:21 AM >> If you have the full version of >> Acrobat, you can run Form Field >> Recognition on the PDF which allows you to type in the >> information. >> >> (I just tried it and it works). >> >> Matthew >> >> >> On 24/09/10 10:03 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: >>> Thank you! >>> >>> However this comes up as the lesser problem for me. >> The edition wants buyers to print an order form, fill it, >> and send it to them. I no longer have a legible handwriting >> (which was my reason for turning to the computer 19 years >> ago), as I don’t want to give away my credit card >> information to potential helpers, I see no immediate way to >> place an order. >>> >>> Klaus >>> >>> --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Matthew Hindson (gmail)<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Matthew Hindson (gmail)<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Behind Bars >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 1:41 AM >>>> Heard back from Faber - the price is >>>> a pre-release price, sadly. So it >>>> won't be delivered until Jan. >>>> >>>> Matthew >>>> >>>> On 23/09/10 7:38 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre >> wrote: >>>>> One matter didn’t occur clearly to me when >> reading >>>> the site linked to by the OP: >>>>> >>>>> Is this book ready for immediate delivery if >> ordered >>>> now? (Shipping to Denmark from the UK isn’t much >> of a >>>> delay). >>>>> >>>>> Klaus >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
