On Feb 15, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra [well, that's what it sez here] wrote:
I really don't think Tchaikovsky was looking for a discernable px6 distinctly audible from a px5 or any other volume delineation; I think he was simply saying "HEY! Give me the softest, quietest, nearly inaudible sound you can produce!" I think it was his way of saying ABSOLUTELY the quietest of quietest.
Of course. You're absolutely right, and any sensible person understands this. Now lets put this in the context of the thread, where we have one group of people who think any such notation represents "musical ignorance," and another that thinks, against all evidence, that such notations can be performed, and heard, literally. '
Nuff said. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
