There was a recent conversation in one of the mailing lists of which I am a member (possibly this one) where it was stated that these "daggers" have nothing to do with the length of the note but that they indicate that the notes should be given equal weight (as opposed to a strong first beat) and that this indication continued beyond the baroque into the early romantic period.
Can anyone offer anything to support or refute this? Cheers, Lawrence On 20 May 2014 18:20, Lawrence Yates <yateslawre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to all who have responded. > > What I have done so far is what Kim has suggested. I thought, having > never had any formal training in transcription, that maybe I was missing > something. > > Thanks, > > Lawrence > > > On 20 May 2014 18:13, Kim Patrick Clow <telem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's such a thorny issue because in many baroque parts, the markings are >> so >> inconsistent (sometimes they are clearly staccato markings, but in a set >> of >> doublet-parts, where there are two copies of violin 1, the same bar will >> have wedges / daggers. My editor has suggested to duplicate the markings >> as >> found in the sources and note the inconsistently and let the performers >> make their own decisions. Most musicians who are trained in early music or >> perform on historical instruments will make their own choices anyway. >> >> Thanks >> Kim >> >> >> Am 20.05.2014 um 18:02 schrieb Lawrence Yates <yateslawre...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > > For those who transcribe baroque manuscripts. >> > > >> > > Am I correct in assuming that the articulation mark that looks like a >> > > modern staccatissimo "dagger" should be transcribed as a modern >> staccato >> > > dot? >> > > >> > > It has been suggested to me that it should be interpreted as an >> > articulated >> > > note and not necessarily as a staccato in the modern sense (or is this >> > > rubbish?) >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > >> > > Lawrence >> > > -- >> > > Lawrenceyates.co.uk >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Finale mailing list >> > > Finale@shsu.edu >> > > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > >> > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> > > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Finale mailing list >> > Finale@shsu.edu >> > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > >> > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> > > > -- > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
