On 28 May 2006 at 13:41, Richard Smith wrote: > If I may be permitted to yank this thread in another direction, I am > convinced that in many (certainly not all) cases, the use of repeats, > endings, DS, al Coda, al Fine, ect. is obsolete. Current practice is > often stuck in the habits of previous centuries and does not reflect > the capabilities of our software. Finale or Sibelius (even most of the > "toy" notation programs) eliminate the need for repeats to save the > engraver's time. Just copy and paste (and edit as needed).
The one thing that would be lost would be the "analytical" value of the older notation, which tells you "this is exactly the same music that you're playing both times" whereas writing it out does not tell you that immediately. I would hope that a musician knowing that something is an exact repeat will cause that musician to perform the music differently in some way. I do know that if repeats are written out then I'm going to spend time figuring out if the music is precisely the same or if it's varied on its return, something I consider to crucial to understanding the piece's meaning. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
