At 5:28 PM -0500 2/18/06, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I am working on a short sinfonia (movements are about 90 measures long).
The 2 Violin parts are the more sophisticated (versus the Viola and
'Cello parts).
I absolutely can not the 2 Violin parts to fit on two pages (which
would be the optimal way to do it).
Is it *that* bad to have this one three pages? Obviously I'd try to
get the last measure to be something with
either rests or simple note values to help ease the pain of the page turn.
But any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.
That's what stand partners are for! (Assuming that this is at
minimum for chamber orchestra and not string quartet.) The one thing
to absolutely avoid is having such a page turn in the middle of a
divisi or double stop (usually played divisi).
That's also why many professional parts--recording session
especially--are prepared accordian-fold rather than as a booklet (or
at least used to be in pre-computer days). Three pages can be laid
out on a stand. I would still prefer to go to 4 pages if doing so
would give me good page turns.
In my edition of a Telemann cantata we're now preparing, the b.c.
part never stops playing, and I have only one cello player. I may
need to get a girl scout to turn pages for her! I prepared her part
accordian-fold, but she's taken the pages apart to try to cope.
John
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