finally getting back to this...
reflecting on this, i would (somewhat) concur on the point for tonal(-ish) works, but insist that it is an absolute necessity in music post-1909 (the year of the sch�nberg crisis) [although i can't speak for jazz notation]. adding "unis." does not clutter the page, rather it clarifies things for all involved (musicians, conductors, score readers), and leads to less time wasted in rehearsals over silly details the copyist or editor - if not the composer - should have caught.
if there are numerous switches between div. and unis., page clutter isn't an issue, since they would best be notated in any case with two layers, using opposing stems on shared notes.
jef
At 3:46 AM -0400 4/5/05, shirling & neueweise wrote:
From: Christopher Smith> I have a feeling I am somewhat misunderstanding this, but if two is > sharing the stem, how can you tell if the note is not solo?
I think most people would default to thinking that they are unison...
never assume this, the composer might not have added it nor noticed it missing from the score, or might even think it is completely clear, and what the composer thinks is clear after working for 3 months straight on the piece... actually what the composer thinks is clear at any time during the composition of the piece can sometimes be questionable. but that's a whole 'nother discussion...
Well, to speak just to the practical rather than the philosophical, I would have to disagree. Granted, every situation has to be evaluated individually, but [...] I would agree with Christopher that the default assumption we would ALL make is that when a divisi ends, what follows is unison. Belaboring the obvious by adding "unison" simply clutters the page, especially when numerous switches between unison and divisi take place. If it were NOT intended to be unison, I would expect to find an instruction: "solo," "1 solo," "2 players only," "1 stand only," or something similar. THAT is necessary; "unison," in most cases, is not.
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