Read my post, Steve. I read yours! Raymond Horton
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Steve Parker <st...@pinkrat.co.uk> wrote: > I'm not for one second suggesting writing choral music without regard to > register. I'm suggesting that the conductor who is reading the score is > unlikely to stop the audience singalong and demand that they sing in the > flute register. > It's a singalong for goodness' sake! > Everyone will sing along where it falls naturally for them. > > I still also thing it quite odd to introduce a spare staff for 'audience' > above an instrumental line that carries it. > It is no clearer, just more pretentious. > > If resting players are supposed to sing I would write it properly in their > parts (perhaps 3/4 size) in concert, treble clef. > Given that most orchestras contain a male somewhere, this would also not > be in the correct register. I doubt that they will be strict in following > the written octave.. > If they are, give them a mic! > > Steve P. > > On 19 Feb 2012, at 01:35, Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I disagree wholeheartedly with: > > > > 'the register doesn't matter' > > _______________________________________________ > 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
