You're not going to like it. Don't do it.
That's all. I jump through hoops to avoid having bad page turns, which has included at one point ONE system on a left hand page ending in a multimeasure rest, then the ENTIRE next right hand page blank, then the next two pages jammed from top to bottom. Might look stupid and waste paper, but EVERYONE made the page turn easily. It is rare in a wind ensemble to have any instrument playing for more than two pages without a break, so there is ALWAYS a way to do it. There are numerous tricks, too. Schedule a page turn during a sustained note that the player can finger one-handed. For trumpets, that means almost anything that isn't too technical or high, but trombone and tuba need open notes. There isn't much for horns and it requires a bit of technical knowledge for the woodwinds. For kit drummers, it is best to turn pages when they are playing straight time for a bit, rather than during a passage with a lot of hits. Bassists can pluck left-handed on an open string while turning with the right, but usually they have the pages open accordion style across two stands. If worse comes to worst, stagger the page turns so that the entire section doesn't drop out on the same measure as they miss a bit of music while turning the page. Christopher On Fri Nov 4, at FridayNov 4 6:28 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: > As I'm sure you have all encountered, I'm redoing parts for a rather > long Wind Ensemble transcription, which, ergo, has parts lasting up > to 6 or 7 pages (presently printed on both sides back to back). A > group managed to read it reasonably well a few nights ago, but most > of the page turns occur with no breaks at all between measures. What > is the best solution for this problem (if, in fact, there is one)? > > Thanks, > > > Dean > > > The perfect drive......a diminishing sphere of white impaling the azure > heavens in a graceful elliptic........height and distance vying for > supremacy......compatriot's jowls lax, eyes huge, their raucous paeans > thinly veiling jealousy......one stroke justifying a capricious > investment > in the titanium industry. > > 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
