On 8-May-07, at 1:22 PM, 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.
I think there are courtesy accidentals (ones that are not strictly
needed according to rules of notation in operation at the time) that
are NOT parenthesised. I thought courtesy accidentals should be in
parentheses to distinguish them, but I have noticed that this idea is
not in keeping with most publications. For one thing, the parentheses
tend to clutter things quite a bit and reduce legibility, and they
take up more horizontal room.
Most courtesy accidentals I have seen are NOT parenthesised, but I
confess that I hadn't noticed that until it was pointed out to me.
Christopher
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