On Jun 20, 2007, at 1:21 PM, Rob Deemer wrote:
The request for new topics plus the fact that there's a Mythbusters
marathon
going on got me thinking about confirming or busting a notation
myth. I've
heard many composers state that composing/arranging on paper with
pencil is
not only preferable but artistically "better" than composing
directly into a
computer notation application.
Pencil is more "artistic" for me because I can use a pencil without
thinking to put any kind of mark I like anywhere I like on the paper.
I have to think too much in Finale about the process of using the
computer, which uses up valuable brain CPU cycles that are better
spent on the music. I use Finale only once I know pretty much what I
am doing, which generally means a pencil sketch exists. It might be
sketchy, it might have huge passages that are incomprehensible to
anyone but me, but it doesn't matter because I am the only one who
has to understand it.
I tried composing directly in Finale once, thinking to save time, but
I discovered it took longer this way, and also when Finale was going
smoothly I had the impression I was writing good music, which turned
out not the be the case.
Some of my students, however, jump right in and use the computer
without thinking, as easily as I use a pencil. Their "id" and "ego"
are so cooperative compared with mine that I bow down in humble awe.
Christopher
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