On Sun, December 12, 2010 10:18 pm, Aaron Sherber wrote: > But isn't that an advantage of just using the circle notation? It > indicates to the player the desired pitch and the fact that it should be > a harmonic, and leaves the details to the player.
I agree with this, and in general. I leave all of the following up to the player, except when a specific sound or effect (even a visual one) is desired. There may be others I don't recall at the moment: - String harmonics and bowing - Piano fingering and hands (left/right) - Wind fingering (around register changes) - Trombone positions and (esp.) euphonium fingering - Percussion mallets (other than general description) - Organ stops (other than general description) - Harp pedaling When an amateur group is playing a piece, I will specify as requested by the conductor, but overall I'm hands off. (My harmonics opinion was confirmed a few years ago when I wrote a very difficult double bass piece, and specified the harmonics for the person who commissioned it. Not being a double bass player, I used a chart developed by a well-known international performer. The commissioning player laughed and told me to ignore such charts completely, as they were unreliable and too much depended on the instrument. He came up with a completely different set of fingerings.) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
