> The notation for artificial harmonics exists for clarification > purposes, and is not mystically connected to the idea of the harmonic > being artificial; it is therefore perfectly acceptable to use this > notation for a natural harmonic where that would be clearer. > > However, to make certain the player does not go for an artificial > harmonic on another string, you should either indicate the > string name, > or put a zero above the note to indicate the open string. > > Andrew Stiller
I suppose it's worth noting another technique for notating natural harmonics, which uses just the diamond notehead by itself. This is most relevant to a series of various natural harmonics, particularly when upper partials (e.g. the natural harmonic at the major sixth above the open string) are involved. The outer movements of the Stravinsky violin concerto is two examples which I know use this, and also use small bracketed noteheads to indicate the intended pitches, which in this case is sufficient to remove the need for roman numeral indications of strings. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
