I'm not a pianist or engraver, but as a composer who has dealt with both I feel it would be more correct and less ambiguous to articulate both hands. If, as it seems here, this is your usual practice a player knows you and your music, your usual is probably ok. But if the music is going to be published and offered to a wider group of players, I would personally add the markings to both hands.
I haven't found specific mention of this in Gardner Read, but one of the examples he uses in his "Accents and Slurs" chapter in his book "Music Notation" is from "Five Piano Pieces" by Arnold Schonberg. He uses it as an example of music in which "almost every individual note has its personal dynamic mark, accent sign, or other ancillary marking." It seems to follow that he would have been a proponent of accents in both hands in your situation. Don Hart on 5/16/06 12:38 PM, Chuck Israels at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have heard two opinions about articulations in keyboard parts with > similar music in both hands: If they appear in the RH, it is assumed > that the LH articulations are the same (my usual practice); and - put > them in both hands. > > What is normal professional engraving practice? > > Thanks, > > Chuck > > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.com > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
