On 15 Apr 2005 at 5:55, dhbailey wrote: > And that I think was the thrust of comments made about the > viola-composer-who-doesn't-read-alto-clef -- making up music that > sounds great on an instrument is fine, but is it really considered > "writing" for that instrument?
Well, I can't speak for anyone else who questioned the likely quality of the viola part, but I for one was not intending any such distinction as you outline. Composing is composing, whether you do it with notation or without it. The doubt creeps into my mind over the degree of familiarity with the instrument a composer who can't deal with alto clef is likely to have. Naturally, it's possible that such a composer may write something extremely idiomatic and perfectly suited to the instrument. But I would need to have it proven to me. Of course, familiarity with alto clef also guarantees little in regard to the quality of the compositional result. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
