On 22 Mar 2007 at 12:04, Aaron Sherber wrote: > At 11:45 AM 3/22/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: > >On 22 Mar 2007 at 11:19, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > > > >> Johannes Gebauer / 2007/03/22 / 11:05 AM wrote: > >> > >> >You come from a different music culture. Where I play people > never >> >agree on what 4 bars after C means. Do you count C as 1, or > 0? >> >> Interesting. 4 bars after [C] means we are starting at the > 5th bar >> from [C]. I have never experienced any confusion during > my rehearsals >> so this is new to me. > >See, I would have > immediately played the previous measure. > > I do understand the potential for confusion, but really it's just > logic.
Most people think the year 2000 was the first year of the 21st century (rather than the last of the 20th). It's not logical, but that's what everyone believes. > Where would you start if I said 1 bar after C? You wouldn't > start at C, I assume -- you'd start the next bar (that is, the second > bar of C). So 4 bars after C therefore has to be 3 bars later than > that. It doesn't matter how logical it is. When I hear it I'm equally likely to choose the 4th or 5th bar. Since it's quite easy to say "5th bar after C" I don't see why you'd ever say "4 bars after C." In any event, this is why I actually prefer running measure numbers instead of rehearsal letters, because then you can just say "start at measure 23" and there's no possible way it can be misinterpreted. I know that's not customary in orchestral music, though, or in stage works. -- 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
