I think it depends on the piece. All dynamic markings are relative to the context and to the instrumentation, and to the venue. One evening you may play the same passage at one level, and another at another. In one hall in one way, in another in a another way. With one soloist one way, with another another. As the opening piece of a concert one way and as the final encore in another.
There is no decibel value attached to dynamic markings. One of the most rediculous things I've recently seen is a piece which had vocalists singing anything from ppppppp to fffffff. (Yes, that's seven p's and seven f's). To differentiate to such a degree is rediculous. But to can mp and mf altogether, you risk having an extremely contrasting dynamic in the piece, when that might not be desired. Quiet or Loud. That's not enough for all cases. Gradations are good. They should be used wisely. Liudas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Broom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic? > > I've spoken to a number of musicians recently, including a noted orchestral > conductor, and several composers who all seem to feel that the dynamic > 'mezzo piano' is basically a meaningless dynamic, and they think it should > never be used. I've even heard one go as far as to say that the same is > true of 'mf' as well. I personally don't agree with this at all, and for me > there is a clear distinction between p, mp and mf, but I was wondering how > widespread this feeling about mp is, and how folk on the list feel about it? > And if it's redundant, then why is it redundant? > > C. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Darcy James Argue > Sent: 13 March 2004 14:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] MacFin04 install issues > > > Hi Robert, > > I haven't seen that error message, and I don't have the problem with > the MIDI setup settings not taking. I presume you've tried to save > your preferences manually? > > - Darcy > > ----- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn NY > > On 13 Mar 2004, at 09:28 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: > > > Has anyone seen this? When I installed MacFin04 (finally) I get the > > following error message every time I start up: > > > > Extract Lyrics: Plugin icon missing: -1409 > > > > Also, I always have to go thru the Tips and MIDI Setup rigamarole, > > like it doesn't know how to save my settings. > > > > I know I should ask Mac support, but since it is a weekend, I thought > > I'd see if anyone here knows about it. > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
