> Kim Patrick Clow écrit: > >Please forgive me, I don't have the Ted Ross book to refer to, but > >what are wedges in a Finale file, and why are they evil? Thanks. Are > >there any graphic images of these online? > > Wedges are produced when beams intersect with staff lines. > > Dennis
Particularly when the beam is angled slightly off the horizontal, such that the intersection of either end of the beam with a staff line produces a small wedge of white space. In the bad old days, this wedge would tend to get filled in with ink during the printing process, hence wedges needed to be avoided. This engraving practice has been carried over to modern times for reasons of clarity and attractiveness of notation. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
