On Jul 2, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Owain Sutton wrote:
On Jul 1, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Will Denayer wrote:
Dear Christopher,
I am using Finale 2007c with Garritan Pers. Orch. 2 and the
playback engine is Kontakt 2.
I am talking about double bass solo KS. Artificial
harmonics (using
TGT) play back correctly, natural harmonics (articulation
tool - no.
21), do not play back, I hear the note which is written.
The way I understand notation of natural harmonics, you are
SUPPOSED
to notate the sounding pitch (ledger lines and all), then put an "o"
over it to indicate that it should be produced as a harmonic, so the
playback WOULD be at exactly the notated pitch.
Are you using some system of harmonic notation that I don't
know about?
Christopher
There are situations where a 'natural harmonic' may be indicated by
solitary diamond notehead - for example showing a C a fourth above
the G
string, which will produce a G two octaves higher. The appropriate
use
of these as opposed to showing the sounding pitch (or showing the G as
well, as a normal notehead) comes down to context. If there's several
natural harmonics in succession, indicating the sounding pitch can
give
the player more work to do, especially if you're going beyond the
third
partial. If it's surrounded by regular stopped notes, jumping to a
much
higher register (and possibly changing clef) just to show one harmonic
would be silly.
Yes, I have seen this, too, but Will was talking about adding a "o"
over a regular notehead and expecting to hear a different pitch,
which didn't seem right to me.
(I hate the terms 'natural' and 'artifical' harmonics, by the way.
They're all natural! 'Open' and 'stopped' seem to me a better
indication of the difference between them.)
I agree, but what are you going to do against how many centuries of
tradition?
Christopher
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