On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
For me it's a matter of disambiguation. If it's important, mark it.
That
goes for bowings, conducting beats, etc. Some composers clutter up
their
scores with hundreds of markings. I've engraved some of those, and
where
they matter, they produce an amazing result. But arbitrary
over-marking is
different.
I agree with you particularly on this point. One of my early teachers
said, "Only write what is necessary. Don't write what isn't." My lack
of attention or understanding on this very important point was hammered
home to me on many occasions until I caught a clue. Musicians will tend
to ignore markings, or miss them in the shuffle, if you constantly mark
things that aren't needed. They will take things you do mark very
seriously if they realise that you only mark stuff when it is
important.
They will also cheerfully add their own interpretation when you mark
nothing, which in jazz is sometimes a good thing, sometimes not...
Christopher
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
