> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhbailey > Sent: 24 May 2007 23:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Key signature question > > > John Roberts wrote: > > Pardon my ignorance, but can I legally change the key > signature in the > > middle of a measure? And in modern practice, do I still > need a double > > barline with a change of key signature? If not, and if the > answer to > > my first question is "yes," how would I accomplish that in Finale? > > (Hidden barlines and lots of futzing with the measure number tool?) > > > > > Legally? Certainly -- there aren't any notation cops who'll come > knocking in the middle of the night and hit you up-side the > head with a > lead anacrusis or anything. > > Is it advisable? Depends on who the musicians are who'll be > reading the > music. They'll let you know in no uncertain terms if they > don't like it.
Yep. I gave Mussorgsky a piece of my mind the other week. ;) In other words, there's a good example of bad practice in the Khovanshchina prelude. A change occurs halfway through a bar, I think from 6 sharps to 6 flats. Not only does it make it look like two separate bars, with the guarantee that a first play-through will fall apart there, the violins also play a C sharp on the first beat and leap to a top D flat after the key change. Every part I've seen whenever I've played it has "C SHARP" scrawled over that second note. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
