Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-05 Thread John Howell
At 3:40 PM -0400 5/5/10, Andrew Stiller wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 12:27 PM, John Howell wrote: He was very likely one of the players who played the newly-composed music of both Gabriellis, Gabrielis (one L). I wouldn't have made a fuss about this, but there *are* three honest-to-God two-L Gab

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-05 Thread Andrew Stiller
On May 4, 2010, at 12:27 PM, John Howell wrote: He was very likely one of the players who played the newly-composed music of both Gabriellis, Gabrielis (one L). I wouldn't have made a fuss about this, but there *are* three honest-to-God two-L Gabriellis as well, one of whom (Domenico) lived

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-04 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
g in them for my own joy. Klaus <http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterBBb/> --- On Tue, 5/4/10, John Howell wrote: > From: John Howell > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation > To: finale@shsu.edu > Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 6:27 PM > At 1:54 A

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-04 Thread John Howell
At 1:54 AM -0700 5/4/10, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: I don't disagree at all. My education is old and mostly after German books, so I don't know the Dalla Casa book. Ah ... Girolamo Dalla Casa was a cornettist and one of the two instrumental leaders at the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice in

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-04 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
: > From: John Howell > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation > To: finale@shsu.edu > Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 4:57 AM > At 5:22 PM -0700 5/3/10, Klaus > Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > > > > Having read Quantz I would be more restrictive about > the inner v

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread John Howell
At 5:22 PM -0700 5/3/10, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Having read Quantz I would be more restrictive about the inner voices improvising unless they are very aware of the harmonic and rhythmic patterns. Which is another way of saying that I did it whenever feeling confident. Hi, Klaus. Ar

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
about the inner voices improvising unless they are very aware of the harmonic and rhythmic patterns. Which is another way of saying that I did it whenever feeling confident. Klaus --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > From: Graeme Gerrard > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of no

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
eme, why don’t you just let the music stream across the screens of the > players’ mobile phones? Or across their iPads, when these hit Oz? > > Klaus > > --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > >> From: Graeme Gerrard >> Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of n

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Graeme, why don’t you just let the music stream across the screens of the players’ mobile phones? Or across their iPads, when these hit Oz? Klaus --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > From: Graeme Gerrard > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation > To: finale@shsu.e

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread David W. Fenton
On 4 May 2010 at 9:13, Graeme Gerrard wrote: > My least preferred option is to repeat the music. Paper is cheap to > buy but not to produce. The environmental cost on the native forests > here in Australia is massive, but ignored. I am also against verbatim repeats, as it prompts the player to

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
No. It is just music for recorders - solos, duets, trios of folk music and consorts of 4 & 5 instruments of medieval and renaissance msuic. The replies support all 3 options! That just means to me that it is an issue perhaps more of experience and maybe personal preference. My least preferred

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread David W. Fenton
On 3 May 2010 at 9:13, Christopher Smith wrote: > I might be inclined to write the actual MUSIC out as > > ||: a a b b :|| with the notation "Play 3 times" over the first > section (I would NOT write "Repeat 2 times" because all performers > see is the "2 times" and might not actually play it t

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread John Howell
At 10:24 PM +1000 5/3/10, Graeme Gerrard wrote: I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this in Finale and am

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread dhbailey
Graeme Gerrard wrote: [snip] Some people seem to like the repeats re - presented in the letter notation: AA BB BB CC AA BB BB CC DD AA BB BB CC The redundancy offends me a bit. What do people think? The redundancy is good or confusing? The answer is a resounding "it depends." For people who

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mon May 3, at MondayMay 3 8:24 AM, Graeme Gerrard wrote: I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this

[Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this in Finale and am trying to keep the notation as succinct and econom