> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darcy James Argue > Sent: 22 October 2007 18:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] O.T. "pizzicato" versus "pizz." > > > On 22 Oct 2007, at 1:43 AM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > In my scores, I tend to avoid abbreviations; e.g. "pizzicato." Now > > in the > > manuscript sources I am using, I'll see the word used either with no > > abbreviation, or > > sometimes as "pizz." I tend to keep things uniform, so I'll spell > > it out. > > But a friend told me the standard is just "pizz." or "arco" not > > "col arco." > > > Your friend is of course correct, and furthermore the standard forms > ("pizz.", "arco", "cresc." "dim." etc.) are much easier and faster > for players to read and process than "pizzicato," "col aco", > "crescendo", "diminuendo", etc. It's *very* nonstandard to > write them > out in full and under normal circumstances there's no good reason to > do so. > > - Darcy >
Re. 'col arco'/'arco': while the latter is preferable because it is easier for players to process at speed, I would not agree with Darcy that the reason for this is its brevity, but because it is the norm. Therefore, stick with 'con sord', 'col legno' etc. Slightly as an aside - there is a convention in some contemporary music, where dense music and rapid changes occur, to use 'p', 'a', 's.p.' (sul pont), 'c.l.' (col legno) etc. And to use them consistently. Once familiar with these practice, it becomes as easy to use as the, ummm, conventional conventions :) Owain No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1084 - Release Date: 21/10/2007 15:09 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
