On 21 Dec 2005 at 12:51, John Howell wrote: > (Another ornament > no longer used is the "pincée, a kind of vibrato > trill, which had its own sign.)
I've never heard of pincé being considered a form of vibrato -- it's a form of ornament, similar to what we'd call an inverted mordant in Bach's keyboard music. There were as many symbols for it as there were composers/theorists, and it's often completely impossible to tell precisely what is meant by different symbols. It's equally likely that the same symbol was used to mean different things in many contexts. Then again, the context in which I know the term is limited to French viola da gamba solo repertory from c. 1700-40. But the gist of your post is correct -- there are no standard symbols historically, though I think Dennis is correct that a wavy line (not the trill symbol) is pretty self-explanatory in modern notation, as a general indicator. But I agree that the composer needs to specify the exact preferred performance. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
