Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jun 14, 2009, at 6:26 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 5:45 PM -0400 6/14/09, Christopher Smith wrote:
Yes, same thing for marcatos, that have only ever been inverted V's
OVER the staff until Finale made non-inverted (verted?) V's under the
staff the norm when stems are up. I have no proof, but I think Finale
invented that one.
Not so. Roemer gives accents and other articulations on the notehead
side as the traditional method (p. 37), but recommends placing them
all above the staff so they don't jump around (pp. 37-38), which I
believe has become standard for a lot of jazz arrangers. But that
suggests that the question goes back at least to '73 (the copyright
date in my copy), and was not invented by Finale. The word "tuplet,"
on the other hand, ...
Oh yeah, there it is (page 30 in my copy). Also Stone says the same thing.
Where did I get the convention of keeping marcatos above the note, even
if other articulations are below? I know I didn't invent it.
I wonder if somewhere someone suggested that inverted
marcatos (the right-side-up V) could easily be confused with
an up-bow in string parts and so it's just best to always
place them above the notes in the upside-down V configuration.
--
David H. Bailey
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