In this score X noteheads and diamonds are used for other things in both the brass and woodwinds, so that might be confusing.
I don't have the Stone (gasp), so I don't know what he shows. On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > I've seen X heads for solid rhythmic values and diamonds for half and whole > notes, with cresc. and dim. wedges. No need for a special clef, and it > usually happens on the middle line of whatever clef we already happen to be > in (trombones!) > > Christopher > > > On 12-Mar-10, at 12-Mar-10 5:56 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote: > >> The large orchestral piece I'm working on now calls for this effect through >> most of it, in all of the brass and woodwinds (w/o mouthpieces or reeds >> depending on instrument), mostly p or mp. He notated this in his manuscript >> with a clef (since it's large sections, not just a note here and there). >> I've never come across this before, so I simply followed his notation and >> created a custom clef as a vertical rectangle, sort of like a percussion >> rectangular clef, but larger. The notes just lie on the middle line, as >> there are no pitches specified. >> >> Since this has coincidentally come up today, I figure I should ask, is this >> is a notation others have seen? >> >> On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: >>> IIRC Ligeti calls on his brass players in Atmosphères to blow air through >>> the instruments without any definite pitch or characteristic brass >>> instrument sound. Does anyone here know of others who have done this, and >>> what the limits are? (You'd think having been a brass player I'd know this, >>> but nothing comes to mind at the moment.) >>> >>> Aaron J. Rabushka >>> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
