At 12:32 PM -0400 3/22/07, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 11:57 AM 3/22/2007 -0400, John Howell wrote:
So how about this for a first principle? Every measure SHOULD have
and MUST have a unique identifying number, assigned in serial order
to aid quick and accurate locating of that measure. Period. End of
statement.
Would anyone care to argue against that principle? And explain why?
Without appealing to convention or other authority?
Oh, well, here I am again. :)
Modular music or partly modular music is problematic, whether or not the
score can have a form that appears to be written from beginning to end.
My own "Mantra Canon" (1986) is for orchestra, chorus, six percussionists,
two pianos, and descant soprano. It is created from fully linear areas and
multiply looped areas. The loops differ from player to player in both
length and number of repetitions. Cuing the piece is very difficult, and
although the full score contains a number of every measure (1110 of them)
and the loops are written out in full, the individual parts contain cue
points, measure numbers, and position indicators (because some loops begin
and end mid-measure).
OK, fair enough. When one writes music that requires a new notation
it follows that even such things as measure numbers and/or rehearsal
marks/letters/numbers will have to be rethought. I seldom (perhaps
never is closer to the truth) am involved in such music, to my own
loss, I'm sure.
John
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