>Will it really cause that much confusion to divide the violins three ways >instead of two?
YES! Doesn't this happen often enough in the standard rep that >everyone knows what to do? NO! > >- Darcy The one exception that I happen to have run into is in some Contemporary Christian arrangements where there is a single violin part (encompassing both the normal 1st and 2nd sections) and you can easily write in divisi a 3 and leave it up to the principal player to figure out what to do. Broadway show books are a whole different ballgame, and use a variety of methods. We're gearing up to do "King & I" next summer, and I've learned that the violin books are Violin A (divisi), Violin B (divisi), and Violin C (no divisi), and that the original pit orchestra used just 5 violins! John John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
