At 12:15 AM -0400 8/15/06, Raymond Horton wrote:
Richard Yates wrote:
The Fin2K7 brochure says that a feature of linked parts is "Show different
enharmonic spellings between the score and part."
Can someone explain to me how this would ever be a useful feature?
Richard Yates
If you had a concert pitch score, you might want to simply some
enharmonics in Eb or A parts, perhaps. Or alternate Bb and A
clarinet parts (A parts in score, alternate Bb parts for the player
would often have a few simplified enharmonics)
RBH
Exactly, and the spelling can make a huge difference, especially when
sightreading. The very first page of the viola book to "Kiss Me,
Kate" (Revival Version) has descending whole notes Ab - F# - E.
Sightreading it would be fingered 4 - 2 - 1 with 4 and 2 squunched
together. An arranger (or engraver) who understood string fingerings
would have written G# - F# - E, automatically and correctly played 3
- 2 - 1. Sure, a supersimple example, but still a good one. Later
on there are 16th-note passages involving B double flats, which need
to be played on the open A string and would be if they were notated
as As instead. Sax parts in 6 and 7 sharps would be even worse!
John
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