On 26-Nov-10, at 26-Nov-10 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).
I hadn't ever heard the term before it popped up here on the list. I
called it "chord melody" and wrote that text expression on guitar and
piano parts where I wanted the technique. Some pianists call it
"locked hands", "block chords" or "George Shearing" style.
Christopher
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