Re: [Finale] Optimizing the strings

[David H. Bailey]

In most orchestral scores, even those which optimize out woodwinds and 
brass and percussion when they're not playing, tend to keep all the 
strings, even if one or more of the instruments has a lengthy rest.  The 
only time I remember seeing anything different is when there is a 
lengthy solo passage, with the rest of the section tacet, but this is 
very uncommon from my study of orchestral scores.

For one entire movement, I don't think it would be a bad thing to 
optimize out the strings who are tacet.



Darcy James Argue wrote:
I know some engravers on this list prefer to optimize the string section 
as a group -- i.e., show the entire string section even if only part of 
the section is playing.

Two questions:

1) Would you say this is standard practice?

2) Would you make an exception if, for instance, in one movement only 
the violas and the cellos had music?

- Darcy

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