You are getting too concerned here about a very small matter. The oboe line is very simple to read as is, with the F# - F nat. Use enharmonics when they make sense or make the line significantly easier, but no need to make things MORE complicated.
Ray Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Accidentals in twelve-tone music... > I agree absolutely with Andrew, but I do have a question about a tricky > situation I often run into in these cases. > > Let's say we have a flute and an oboe that begin a phrase in dead > unison, and then split off. For example: > > FLUTE: C - C# - F# - E - A - G# > OBOE: C - C# - F# - F nat. - C nat. - D > > The oboe part would be easier to read if it were spelled with flats: > > OBOE: C - Db - Gb - F - C - D > > But then the unison with the flute for the first three notes is > obscured. > > My preference so far has been to write unisons as unisons, even if that > results in less-than-optimal spelling for some players in some cases. > But I'm curious how others feel about this. > > - Darcy > > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn, NY > > On 18 Jul, 2004, at 10:28 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: > > > > > On Jul 17, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Taris L Flashpaw wrote: > > > >> I keep hearing my old composition prof in the back of my head saying > >> that I should spell intervals as diatonically as possible (ie: write > >> G-Bb instead of G-A#). What I need to know is: > >> 1. Is this a good practice to follow? > > > > Yes. > > > >> does it matter so much for a pianist or an oboist, for example? > > > > Yes. It's just plain easier to read. > > > >> > >> 2. If this is a practice to be adopted, should it be followed > >> between staves of a two-staff part (like piano)? > > > > Intervallic simplicity is more important within a staff than betw. > > staves, so if eliminating an augmented third between staves results in > > a diminished fourth within one of the staves, don't do it. But if no > > such trade-off is involved, sure, simplify the interstaff intervals > > too. > > > > Same for full scores, I'd say: after all, conductors have to read the > > music too. > > > > Andrew Stiller > > Kallisti Music Press > > http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
