I wish to add a comment about vocal scores. As a choral conductor I am constantly obliged to tell and show the singers where to place final consonants and after sounds.
I hate working from a score engraved by someone who does not understand lyric diction. Consider this example; a half note tied to an eighth note followed by an eighth rest. This notation means something different to the singer than to the instrumentalist. For the singer, the tied eighth indicates where the final sound is to occur. I can not estimate the number of times I have had to stop my singers and say "Put the final 'duh' on the rest" (all final Ds have an after sound.). I constantly receive publisher's samples of new choral music. Since I can not possibly read every thing I receive, I tend to reject up front anything that is not engraved following traditional vocal/choral standards, particularly the practice of one flag per syllable with melismas beamed together. Guy Hayden, Minister of Music St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Boulevard Newport News, Virginia 23606 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
