On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 07:11 PM, David H. Bailey wrote:
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.
So, in this particular instance: if in one movement the only strings that play are violas and cellos, and the cellos are only added for a handful of measures at the very, would you show the blank cello staves for the entire movement?
- Darcy
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