I have to disagree here. I use courtesy accidentals in my arrangements for a couple of reasons:
1. my players like and often request them 2. I like to hear the correct notes being played right....the first time. Larry >Courtesy accidentals (ANYWHERE) are for the weak. If you *need* them in the >part, then that means you're not following the key signature. Back to >school! > >patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Christopher Smith [mailto:christopher.sm...@videotron.ca] >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 12:28 PM >To: finale@shsu.edu >Subject: Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014 > >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 > > >On Sun Nov 10, at SundayNov 10 12:39 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >> >> >> For those of us with imperfect eyesight, we cannot always see the >> accidental clearly. If I can see that there is an accidental, then I >> can make a quick judgment about whether it is most likely a flat, sharp, >> or natural and be right almost all the time. People who add unnecessary >> accidental markings without parenthesizing them should be shot, IMHO. >> And people who pencil in unnecessary accidentals BESIDE notes in the >> music should also be shot. If one needs a reminder about a note, write >> the accidental ABOVE the note, with a parenthesis and there will never >> be any confusion. IMHO, the only time an accidental should be penciled >> BESIDE a note is when correcting a misprint. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
