Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:12 AM, dhbailey wrote:
>
>> By the way, Sibelius has an annoying feature (luckily it is user
>> switchable!) which colors any notes which are out of normal range
>> for a particular instrument. So if you label a particular line
>> Flute and then write a low Bb, they get colored orange so you can
>> see that you've made a mistake. Quite annoying when working on
>> arrangements where you wish to enter the original notes and then do
>> whatever transposition you need to in order to get it into a better
>> key or alter the parts to fit the ranges of the instruments better.
Actually, this is one of my favorite features in Sibelius. Yes, it's
annoying during working conditions, and probably best to turn it off
when entering music if it bothers. But it's an invaluable tool for
proofreading, since it easily highlights which notes are likely to be
out of range for each instrument, so you can decide on a phrase level
what to do about those sections.
By comparison, Finale's "Check Range" plug-in is an annoying tool,
since it asks you to step one-by-one through the notes that are out of
range and adjust them individually, rather than just highlight the
problems and letting me decide whether I want to adjust the octave,
change the melodic line, or just move the entire section to a
different instrument. Using Check Range, I find I usually end up just
taking notes about what problems it finds, and going back later to fix
them properly by hand. Any tool that drives me to use pen and paper
alongside the computer needs to be redesigned, IMHO. :-)
> Not to mention the fact that some flutes actually *can* play a low Bb.
Ah, but having the visual cue that you're writing notes that only SOME
flutes can play is pretty nice. If you are specifically writing for
one of the lower flutes, then you can adjust the range for that staff.
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