On May 8, 2007, at 10:22 AM, John Howell wrote:
At 10:56 PM -0700 5/7/07, Mark D Lew wrote:
But I can't recall a case where I've ever been unsure what the
note is due to this. In some music, it's obvious what is wanted
from the context. In anything else, the editor was kind enough to
include courtesy accidentals.
Which brings up another technical point. Should these indeed be
courtesy (paranthesized) accidentals, or regular accidentals.
Especially, I would think, in piano music, which is going to
involve multiple octaves as often as not.
John
My reaction, as a reader of this hypothetical music, would be to see
the courtesy accidental as meaning I should expect that accidentals
do not carry over the octave, and regular accidentals as meaning that
accidentals do carry over the octave and need cancellation, if the
intention is a new chromatic pitch. In my music, I'd use a courtesy
accidental to convey what I want to be understood as the convention
of my music, just in case the situation should occur, and I forget to
make an unambiguous marking. My 2 cents.
Chuck
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