I use them consistently without parentheses and get no complaints and few errors from musicians reading my music. Occasionally, parentheses clarify context, but generally they take up precious space.
Chuck Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2014, at 7:12 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Surely this issue has something to do with the context. Highly chromatic > music requires more frequent courtesy accidentals, and once you reach a > certain point, parentheses simply become needless clutter. Also, as Chris > says, parentheses make accidentals more difficult to read. > > I also think the "looking back" problem is overstated. I'm with Michael — > this is largely a non-issue. It may cause annoyance to some but, unlike a > missing courtesy, it doesn't generally cause mistakes. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >> On Nov 29, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Michael <launay-c...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> I have an extensive library of music from many different publishers. I can’t >> find any consensus over whether or not to put parentheses on cautionary >> accidentals: some do, some don’t. >> >> As a player (pianist who has to sight-read a lot, accompanying opera), I >> prefer not to see the parentheses, for reasons others have already given. >> When I’m sight-reading at speed I often don’t notice if a given accidental >> is a necessary or a cautionary one: I see a D-flat, play a D-flat and move >> on. >> >> As a conductor I’ve never had problems with players stumbling over >> cautionary accidentals, with or without parentheses, but I’ve often had >> players make mistakes through the lack of cautionary accidentals at >> appropriate places. >> >> _______________________________________________ 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
