I tried all-English a few years ago, but I've reverted to a hybrid that includes the common Italian terms. For example, I use "mute on" and "mute off" as advance warnings, but "con sord." and "senza sord." at the points where actual playing begins. Not standard, but makes sense to me.
Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Robert Patterson > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:18 AM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Sola & Tutte > > > I was dinged with this when I was in graduate school by a > prefessor who was a stickler for correct Italian. I resisted his advice. > > Personally, I think you should have recourse to an English > language dictionary that you trust. If the word is in there, you > certainly may use it without Italian inflections. "Viola", > "solo", and "tutti" all appear in my English language dictionary. > > I haven't checked "sordino". I've been told that in Italian, "con > sordini" means "with mute little old men". Apparently "con > sordine" is the correct form of "with mutes". There are two ways > to avoid the problem. 1) Always use "con sord." or 2) (my > preference) use "muted" and "without mutes". > > These days, I only use English descriptors, but I include in that > any Italian-derived word that is commonly included in English > language dictionaries. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
