At 3:11 PM -0500 9/24/02, John Howell wrote: >mdl wrote: > > >For the sake of argument, assume that I'm on my own and in a hurry -- so >>there's no option of handing off the job to someone better qualified, >>consulting with a friendly string player, etc. >> > >In such a case, what do you recommend I do? > > >3. Don't mark any slurs at all, and figure the strings will work it out >>themselves. > >Ah, the coward's way out! I'm afraid the strings will NOT work it out, >because you have given them no indication of your intentions. Fixing >meaningful but impractical bowings is one thing, and will happen almost >automatically, but undertaking a complete editing job with no input from >the writer just won't happen. Even phrase markings are better than nothing! > >John
Incredibly, such commercial arranging masters as Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, and Don Sebesky suggest in their books to mark phrasing only, and let the concert master work out the details! THese three books may have done more damage to commercial orchestra string bowings than any other source, I would bet. All three mention that the concert master gets a look BEFORE the parts are distributed, and that this is an important step, but even so... Christopher (who STILL goofs up, but at least the goofs aren't as dumb as before...) _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
