David Froom wrote:
It seems to be a slow day, so here is a copying question:
For years, for non-vocal music, I have always put expressive marks (like
espressivo and dolce and feroce and so on) above the line. I have seen this
in some published music, and I like keeping it cleanly separated from
dynamics. And thinking was, since tempo markings often include expression
(like Lively, or Slow, with great expression), and since these go above, why
not keep all expressive marks above?
I was looking over something someone gave me maybe 10 years ago -- a style
manual from Schirmer that is also used by Peters (and others, I assume).
They say that expression marks ALWAYS go below the staff.
Is there variability on this? Is it a matter of style? Or is it iron-clad
(like "slurs always above stems going in different directions" or dynamics
always below the staff)?
Opinions?
Interestingly, I notice that tempo expressions such as rall. and rit.
are placed below the staff, but I quite often see A Tempo above the staff.
I usually see dynamic expressions and articulation expressions below the
staff.
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David H. Bailey
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