Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-18 Thread Owain Sutton
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 17.02.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: Thanks Johannes, for improving my meager understanding of German. Now I understand Hauptbanhof better too. That's a very interesting one: a lot of Hauptbahnhöfe are in fact also Kopfbahnhöfe, and that would indeed translate into

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.02.2006 Andrew Stiller wrote: I like those symbols too. According to Grove Concise, Schoenberg called the first one Hauptstimme (head voice). A more accurate translation would be Main voice. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-17 Thread Chuck Israels
Thanks Johannes, for improving my meager understanding of German. Now I understand Hauptbanhof better too. Chuck On Feb 17, 2006, at 6:03 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 17.02.2006 Andrew Stiller wrote: I like those symbols too. According to Grove Concise, Schoenberg called the first

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.02.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: Thanks Johannes, for improving my meager understanding of German. Now I understand Hauptbanhof better too. That's a very interesting one: a lot of Hauptbahnhöfe are in fact also Kopfbahnhöfe, and that would indeed translate into head station. (But it

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-17 Thread Chuck Israels
On Feb 17, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 17.02.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: Thanks Johannes, for improving my meager understanding of German. Now I understand Hauptbanhof better too. That's a very interesting one: a lot of Hauptbahnhöfe are in fact also Kopfbahnhöfe, and

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Chuck Israels wrote: On Feb 17, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 17.02.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: Thanks Johannes, for improving my meager understanding of German. Now I understand Hauptbanhof better too. That's a very interesting one: a lot of Hauptbahnhöfe are in fact

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-16 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Feb 15, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Lee Actor wrote: dynamics do not denote some absolute level of sound volume on a decibel scale, but are always contextual and relative. Substitute usually or traditionally for always, and I'll agree with you. In the famous passage at the end of the exposition

RE: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-16 Thread Lee Actor
On Feb 15, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Lee Actor wrote: dynamics do not denote some absolute level of sound volume on a decibel scale, but are always contextual and relative. Substitute usually or traditionally for always, and I'll agree with you. In the famous passage at the end of the

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Hey Ken, Thanks - my translation makes a little sense, but Shoenberg's name is better. Sorry for my pigeon German! Chuck On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Ken Moore wrote: Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I like Hochstimme and Nebenstimme symbols for this. They seem quite useful to

Re: [Finale] Dynamics [was: 8th = Q]

2006-02-16 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Ken Moore wrote: Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I like Hochstimme and Nebenstimme symbols for this. They seem quite useful to me. Bill Duncan's (Oh boy, I seem like a shill for him) new Articulation Font has these symbols. I like those symbols too.