On Apr 30, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote:
Well, OK, my thoughts on this are that hyphenation should follow
how the music is sung, i.e. with each note beginning with a
consonant, and multi-consonants split. "pro-mise" not "prom-ise".
This approach stems from my time of singing in a contemporary music
choir in which it was drummed into us.
I guess it's no secret that I disagree with you on "promise".
I gather you would also do pro-bably, pro-blem, pro-fit, pro-per, pro-
sper, pro-secute.
As for the statement that it may lead to words initially being
pronounced incorrectly, I don't know of too many instances in which
vocal music is sightread in performance anyway.
But that's not the point. Any time singers perform on book at all --
which is quite common for choruses -- they are relying on the music
for cues. This is not something that only applies when one is
sightreading for the first time.
Everything that facilitates communication from the page to the brain
frees up the singer's brain for other priorities such as watching the
conductor, using good vocal technique, engaging the audience,
interpreting the text expressively, etc. A good score will do
everything it can to reduce the demands of reading.
mdl
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