On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:02 PM, David W. Fenton <[email protected]>wrote:
> In this particular movement, do the violin parts get anything other > than the bass line? Do the parts ever diverge? Vn 1 and Vn 2 do not diverge, i.e. they're the same. This movement consists of 2 Passepieds, in Passepied no 1, the strings are normal, meaning they are normal clefs. Passepied no 2, has the same style system though, but with the bass clefs in the first system, and as a I pointed out earlier, the 2nd system of the movement has the treble clefs cancelled and bass clefs subsituted. In an earlier movment, "Air l'Italien", the first half is for recorder and strings. The 2nd half just for recorder and basso continuo with only 2 staves with each part marked. If Passpied no 2 was really just the bass written in the 2 violin parts, why use 2 staves? Why not just follow the same method that was used in the "Air l'Italian"? Someone else suggested that in Passepied no 2, Violin 1 and 2 are written in bass clef, but meant to be played an octave higher than written, which makes sense because they play the same notes. This may be a viable explanation, but I still wonder: wouldn't have been just easier to write the notes in treble clef, at the pitch that was meant? Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
