On Jul 6, 2005, at 6:52 PM, Paul Hayden wrote:
Two questions about using "tacet":
1. An instrument is not used in the first movement of a multi-movement
work. Should the instrument be included on the first page of music in
the score (and then perhaps deleted on other pages of the first
movement)?
Tradition says that the first system in each movement of any work
(except for obvious things like string quartets) should show all the
instruments required in that movement, and that movement only. To learn
what instruments are required for the whole piece, you look at the
Instrumentation list that precedes the first page of music--that's what
it's there for.
That said, the method you propose is not wrong, it is just not
required, and not quite traditional.
2. When creating the part for that instrument, should I just put "I.
TACET" and then start the second movement directly below on the same
page?
Yes.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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