At 5:30 PM -0600 3/12/10, Robert Patterson wrote:
I prefer the notation suggested in Kurt Stone's "Music Notation in the 20th Century" on p. 186 at the bottom. It's not particular convenient to render in Finale but it can be done.
One has to wonder about some composers, whether they actually know the special effects they ask for, having heard them; whether they are willing to ask for something impossible and risk making fools of themselves out of ignorance; or whether they just think they're too important for anyone to question.
My only helpful advice: If in doubt, ask someone who plays the instrument to try it. I suspect that discovering a really new and neat special effect will be more serendipitous than planned.
John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition of jazz musicians. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
