RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread Owain Sutton
What's a normal a3 divisi? That was part of the original question, too. The only answer I have managed to find is, Whatever the conductor tells you to do. Orchestras will have a default decision which they will use for such divisi passages, either dividing by desk and having

Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread Raymond Horton
Concerning thrid violin part in Shostakovitch Fifth third movement: Christopher Smith wrote: I got a look at the other edition's violin parts, finally. First and second violins are written normally for the entire symphony, but there is a part for Violin 3 that has mvt. 1,2 and 4 marked

Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread John Howell
At 1:03 AM -0400 5/14/06, Christopher Smith wrote: What's a normal a3 divisi? That was part of the original question, too. The only answer I have managed to find is, Whatever the conductor tells you to do. Well, yes, but there are two standard models that most orchestras probably use, and

RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread Owain Sutton
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Howell Sent: 14 May 2006 17:46 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers At 1:03 AM -0400 5/14/06, Christopher Smith wrote: What's a normal

RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread John Howell
At 6:10 PM +0100 5/14/06, Owain Sutton wrote: At 1:03 AM -0400 5/14/06, Christopher Smith wrote: What's a normal a3 divisi? That was part of the original question, too. The only answer I have managed to find is, Whatever the conductor tells you to do. Well, yes, but there are two

RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-14 Thread Owain Sutton
... depending on the complexity of counterpoint, perhaps, but any conductor who can't handle that should not, perhaps, be on the podium! True... and can cause chaos if seating plans change. I don't quite understand why seating plans would change. If someone is missing (which I

Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-13 Thread Christopher Smith
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: 12 May 2006 20:14 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers This was a thread a couple of months ago. I believe someone had a score with 3 violin parts for a movement or so, and I

Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-12 Thread Raymond Horton
Many Tchaikovsky works (I recall the 5th symphony particularly) are notorious for having the rehearsal letters one bar before the phrase beginings. I don't know if it is a composer preference or a publisher-editor preference. Also, thanks for following up on the Shostakovitch 5th 3rd violin

RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-12 Thread Owain Sutton
Apologies, but I seemed to have missed out on some emails - what was the query re. Shostakovitch 5? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: 12 May 2006 17:27 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts

Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-12 Thread Raymond Horton
: 12 May 2006 17:27 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers Many Tchaikovsky works (I recall the 5th symphony particularly) are notorious for having the rehearsal letters one bar before the phrase beginings. I don't know if it is a composer

RE: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers

2006-05-12 Thread Owain Sutton
texture, but was more challenging both for conductor and players. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: 12 May 2006 20:14 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers