At 2:56 PM 10/27/03, d. collins wrote:
>I'm doing a large number of vocal pieces, up till now for one to seven
>voices and continuo. I was using 70% system reduction, which meant that
>even with 8 parts I could get two systems on a page. I now have a piece
>with 2 times four parts (4 soloists and
Dennis Collins wrote:
Bearing in mind that is a series which I'd like to keep fairly
consistent, I've thought of different solutions.
1) use a smaller system reduction
Please, no! Bear in mind that not all your singers will have
18-year-old eyes. Some of us need tri-focals.
2) put two vocal p
Dennis Collins writes:
I'm doing a large number of vocal pieces, up till now for one to
seven voices and continuo. I was using 70% system reduction, which
meant that even with 8 parts I could get two systems on a page. I
now have a piece with 2 times four parts (4 soloists and 4
"ripienists"),
I would think the basic layout would be what you would want to keep
consistent -- i.e. the number of staves for the concertino and the
ripieno. So in my opinion you would be best to reduce the percentage 1%
at a time until you got the fit you wanted, rather than changing the
actual layout by p
