Okay, I'm doing some notation work on a chamber orchestra work of another composer at the moment and I was hoping for some opinions on the following:
The opening of one of the pieces is completely rhythmically free in that there is no pulse, no time signature and no barlines (which has involved an awful lot of barline hiding, staff styles, etc.) - a kind of static "IN THE BEGINNING..." type chordal section with the occasional slow moving melodic motion in one instrument. Each individual instrument entry is cued by the conductor. My question is: on the individual parts, is it more helpful for each player to only have the cues in place that apply to him/her, or to have all of the cues even if they apply to other instruments, so that they know what else is going on around and thus can more easily locate their place in the geography of the opening? I'm gravitating towards the latter, but was wondering what everyone else thought. Cheers, Colin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Colin Broom, composer e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.inventionensemble.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
