On 28 Feb 2006 at 2:02, Mark D Lew wrote:

> In your case, I think what you want to do is assume that it's case #1.
>  Label solo lines as "solo", chorus only lines as "chorus", and lines
> where you want both as "solo + chorus".  This is consistent with how
> opera, operetta and musical theater vocal scores treat ensemble
> numbers in which some soloists sing along with the chorus -- which is
> another case where the soloist will sometimes have his or her own
> staff and other times be written along with the chorus.

Seems to me that the easiest way to solve this is to give a separate 
line to the soloist and write out exactly what note you want the 
soloist to sing. Then there's no need for any special indications.

I understand that this might not be practical, but it's certainly the 
easiest way to be clear.

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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