John,
All articulations above the staff is standard B'way/jazz practice
(see Clinton Roemer). Once you get used to it, it's actually much
easier to read that way, as the eye doesn't have to jump around so much.
- Darcy
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On 04 Mar 2006, at 9:19 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 3:25 PM -0500 3/4/06, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Mar 4, 2006, at 1:23 PM, David Froom wrote:
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.
To me this is flatly wrong. The only exceptions would be when an
expression modifies a dynamic mark (as: p e dolce) or in a
vertical spacing emergency.
My reaction was the same, but I have another question. Our
community band is preparing a concert program that includes several
pieces in which all the accents are above the notes, even though
(in the tuba part) the vast majority of notes are stems up on the
staff. Is this an acceptable variation, or a particular
publisher's aberration? It's a bit disconcerting to read, which
tells me it is not standard practice.
John
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