Topline notation as described tells the guitarist to play chords with the indicated rhythm and the indicated top note of the voicing. On a guitar part, we need to know whether to voice the melodic line, or play it as a single line melody. This type of notation indicates that. Otherwise you would need more 'English' on the part. And as someone once said, you don't want to have to write the player a letter.
On 26/11/2010, at 11:45 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: > On 11/25/2010 10:49 PM, Nigel Hanley wrote: >> An example of the use of topline notation is the Everly Bros song, 'Walk >> Right Back' . The opening chord riff is on the tonic chord, with the top >> note of the chord moving from the fifth to the sixth, then the seventh. >> Notating this fully is both unnecessary and cluttered. Pianists and >> guitarists know how to voice this, they just need that 'topline' information. >> >> And as I said before, it's much easier to >> read._______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > > But any good fake book does that without any special notation -- it simply > places the chord changes over the appropriate beats and writes the melody. > > I still don't understand what additional information the downward stems > impart which can't be imparted simply by writing the desired part with the > chords indicated above the appropriate notes. > > -- > David H. Bailey > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
