It's not a standard term. It's a standard practice but there's no commonly agreed-upon way of referring to it.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 26 Nov 2010, at 1:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 27 Nov 2010 at 0:41, Nigel Hanley wrote: > >> The purpose of topline notation isn't for a solo guitar arrangement; >> it's for occasional measures throughout a part that are neither >> slashes/rhythmic notation, or melodic lines > > This is the Ah-hah! moment for me -- it's not the entire piece that's > notated this way, but a section in order to indicate a particular > texture for that section. > > I now see the utility, which was not at all clear. > > Why is the terminology so narrowly used, though? I'd think Google > would know more about it if it were widespread (though, of course, > all the people in the discussion who are dedicated to playing in the > relevant repertories know the term already). > > -- > 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
