John Howell
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:36:33 -0800
At 3:49 PM +0100 2/7/10, Jari Williamsson wrote:
Lee Actor wrote:I've had plenty of rehearsals slog down with questions about assumed dynamics that aren't written in, but never about dynamics that seem to be redundant. :-)When the identical dynamic reappears in succession within sections without rests, this causes lots of discussion here. Is there some dynamic missing inbetween? Or is it some special musical effect that's asked for? Or is it just for "clarity"?
Good point, and one I've recently run into in an early 19th century score. I duplicated the dynamics, but I didn't feel good about it. Perhaps we need "courtesy dynamics" as well as "courtesy accidentals"?
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