Just for fun, I'll weigh in as a pianist. Both hands for sure. The exception I might think to mention would involve a homorhythmic passage that is very dense vertically and where spacing is going to be a problem for you. In those instances, if both hands are playing the same rhythm or line, you could probably forsake articulations in the LH. Otherwise, I would ALWAYS place articulations on any note that you want articulated.
-Scot On 5/16/06 1:52 PM, "Don Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
