On 20 Jul 2010 at 15:33, Robert Patterson wrote: > I don't even think of something like Ted Ross as a "rule book". I > think David's point is well-taken that every piece (and project) has a > context for knowing how the "rules" apply. One can never view these > texts as more than recommendations informed by a particular point of > view. But I use the word "informed" purposefully. I find the > recommendations are frequently excellent if they are applied in the > right context, and sometimes they transfer very effectively to other > contexts. "Completely disregarding" strikes me as a surprisingly > dismissive attitude for such often valuable, pertinent, and > time-saving advice.
I have never found a single one of the recommendations in any of the notation guides useful for anything at all, except what is already obvious as standard notational practice in modern post-1840s engraving (Breitkopf & Härtel house style and all its descendents). But I'm not engraving post-1840s music, other than my own, and in that case, I know what the correct notation is without having to look it up in a book! -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
