On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Michael Greensill wrote: > It's always interesting to see other peoples ideal of the perfect 'look' for > chords. There must be as many ideals as there are jazz musicians. > > I like Chuck's example (which are Bill Duncans right?) a lot except > for......there's alway an except....the alterations. e.g. When I hand write > chords I would never put the b or # sign at the bottom of the root, I would > always put it near the top.
I'm sure this placement is controllable (globally) in Bill's font. I don't mind this look in a printed font, though I'd be likely to write it by hand the way you describe. > Also, as in the case of the F#, I see the alteration as a smaller size than > the root. Yes, and that is the way I used to write them by hand too. > > My font size for roots is now 18...I'm getting old. But here's something > that's happening to me lately...I've started doing the bass and drum parts by > hand again. A couple of months ago at a rehearsal I was handing out some > older charts to go over and the bass player let out an audible sigh when I > handed him a handwritten part on proper size paper. "Ahhhh", he said, "this I > can relax and read." I am the bass player for most of my music, and I don't let me complain. I just fix what I don't like. > I'd love to hear about others personal foibles when it comes to chords. I > won't even talk about the dreaded triangles. I use them (and like them a lot). They help when you need F min. Maj 7. Bill Evans used a European 7 (with the strike-through that distinguishes it from a European 1 that looks too much like our 7) for a Major 7 and a normal American 7 for a minor, dominant or diminished 7. I got used to it quickly and it saved a lot of horizontal space. It was his personal system - absolutely non-standard, yet I never had any trouble with it, and I suspect bass players in his trio that followed me didn't either. I do believe consistency within a system is essential. Chuck Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-3162 phone: (503) 926-7952 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 www.chuckisraels.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
