Yes, this is exactly what happens to me. I find myself sight-reading live performances a more often than I would like. I guess I am good enough at it that people are willing to call me in an emergency. Every time I trip up on one of these redundant accidentals non-parenthesized, I cuss the mother of whoever did that notation.
Either put the parentheses in there or leave out the cautionaries altogether. That's why we have key signatures. The only exception I would make is for music targeted at students in the 8th-20th week of playing an instrument. Before that time, they don't see accidentals. After that time, they should be reading accidentals properly. On 11/10/2013 4:45 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: > Steve P, > > I agree entirely. On seeing a cautionary accidental without parenthesis I > would, for a split second, think I must have missed a natural earlier. > That split second is enough to disturb my sight reading. > > All the best, > > Lawrence > > > On 10 November 2013 19:43, Steve Parker <st...@pinkrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> another differing opinion.. >> I sightread a lot for a living, but I don't like cautionarys without >> parentheses - I find they make my eyes skip back to the key sig. or >> original accidental to check. >> In keyless music, parantheses are usually redundant. >> >> Steve P. >> >> On 10 Nov 2013, at 20:27, Christopher Smith wrote: >> >>> If you will permit a somewhat differing opinion, I think there are >> places where cautionaries are necessary, even when there isn't a key >> change, and I have figured out after many years that NON-parenthesised ones >> actually are easier to read. >>> I know that parentheses make logical sense, that a parenthesised >> accidental is kind of like saying, "I KNOW you know this, but here's a >> reminder" to differentiate it from one that is absolutely necessary. But >> from a distance, parentheses around an accidental makes all three (sharp, >> flat, and natural) into the same outline, so you have to read more closely >> to see which accidental it actually is. Already, sharps and naturals are >> easy to confuse with each other; the parentheses make it worse. I keep >> getting caught by these on the gigs I do where the Finale user is less than >> professional. And Sibelius seems to have this redundant accidental default >> that puts in accidentals on the SECOND of two tied notes! >>> Christopher >>> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
