Much better! The Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone is full of jokes, obvious and not so, in the outer movements. These include a few in the notation, of which my favorite are a couple of examples of syncopated rests. Once I told an audience to be sure and listen for them.
I was so saddened to see a new engraving of it that eliminated them, as well as a few other features-not-bugs. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Mark D Lew <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: > >> But your parallel is not an equal one. If an informed composer chooses to >> break the rules of harmony, the sound will be readily apparent. If he/she >> breaks the rules of hyphenation, the sound will be apparent only if it is >> for some clear and obvious purpose - but the choir director or singer may >> easily ignore odd divisions and sing it normally - not so with harmony. > > > Good point. I suppose a better comparison would be the typographic rules of > engraving, which I will generally follow but would not hesitate to break for > the sake of better clarity and communication. > > mdl > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
