At 7:58 PM -0400 4/18/10, timothy.price wrote:
Don't pay any attention to non-organist comments, they can be
misleading.
If that's referring to me,
No, I was not referring to you, but to John Howell's previous comment
about thinking it best not to include dynamic markings, but that he was not
an organist.
I don't believe I would have suggested not using dynamic markings at
all, although I can't quote what I DID write. Others have been much
more clear on this point, as I figured they would be. And I
deliberately mentioned that I'm not an organist to allow the reader
to judge whatever I did say.
The pipe organ and the harp are both terra incognita to me, and if I
have to write for either I consult a player. Understanding the
mechanics is NOT the same as understanding the instrument.
All the best,
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:john.how...@vt.edu)
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
"We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition
of jazz musicians.
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