On 14 Oct 2003 at 15:25, Keef wrote: > if Chopin's music weren't so *unreadable* it wouldn't be so > scary for pianists, so the goal is to make it at least in the realm of > sight-readable.
Uh, as a pianist I would say that you have a number of problems with that statement: 1. Chopin isn't scary for pianists -- it's some of the easiest music to play because it's so incredibly pianistic. 2. One of the reasons Chopin isn't scary is that Chopin chooses spellings of notes that make sense to a pianist even when they often make hash of the actually voice leading. People who are good at sight-reading find Chopin easy to sight-read in the keys Chopin notated it in. People who can't sightread aren't going to be helped by respellings. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
