Christopher Smith wrote:
On Aug 16, 2006, at 7:50 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Darcy James Argue / 2006/08/16 / 03:09 PM wrote:
For transposed scores, I disagree. The conductor should normally have
the same spelling as the players. If you make readability adjustments
to the enharmonics in the part, those should be included in the score
as well.
I respectfully disagree. Most of the situations I get in is where music
is read on site. I avoid B#, Cb, E# and Fb on parts including chord
names, but the score needs to stay correct. In my compositions, the
'correct' means psychologically speaking, because my music never have
key sig, even for transposed parts. It is very important to me.
Even in a piece without a key signature, if you had a C#7 chord
resolving to F#m, and the melody outlined the C#7 chord, how could you
spell it except with an E#? Anything else would be MORE confusing, not
less. I understand that some unusual accidentals (like double sharps and
flats) are not to be thrown around lightly so as to avoid obscuring
communication, but sometimes you need them, darn it!
Even more so in works WITH key signatures, which I say use key sigs if
the piece is in a key, don't use them otherwise.
[snip]
I think that's terrific for you, Christopher, but I'm not so sure there
can be such apparently hard-nosed "rules."
Not all situations are similar and we each need to follow our own
inclinations to produce music which fits the situation.
For any music for which there will be plenty of rehearsal time, where
any confusions will be able to be clarified through explanation and
rehearsal and lots of private practice time, I agree with you.
But for other situations, I try to make the individual parts be the
easiest to understand for quick accurate reading.
Again, for top-notch professionals I would never simplify the note
spelling, but for amateurs I wouldn't hesitate at all. And I'd add an
explanatory note in the conductor's score which would explain that for
certain pitches, the parts had been simplified for easier reading.
--
David H. Bailey
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