My 2c from being a composer and very-ex-string-player:
For orchestral/large chamber writing, I've come to the conclusion that apart from octave harmonics, I write them all as tablature markings with diamond shaped noteheads. Even natural harmonics at the fifth, fourth etc. Otherwise (in my experience) one has to spend time in rehearsals answering questions about what is meant, or else correcting players who are playing it incorrectly.
For solo, small chamber and double bass high harmonics, I may use round noteheads with circles.
Cheers Matthew On 13/12/10 9:54 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
Hi all, In notating string harmonics, Forsyth and Gardner Read say that a notehead with an o over it indicates a natural harmonic, while a notehead with a diamond notehead a fourth above should be used for artificial harmonics. Del Mar, though, says that "according to one school of thought" it's best to write all harmonics with the o notation, leaving it up to the player to work out the best way of producing that particular note. For me looking at a score, I do like this latter method, since it shows the sounding pitches of the harmonics. But I'm not a string player. What do the string players out there think? If you saw a note with a o over it that could only be produced as an artificial harmonic, would that be confusing? Or would it be clear what is meant? Thanks, Aaron. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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