Exactly as Dennis notes - I've had that same discussion with numerous string players and the unanimous preference is to forego the diamond - and leave the flying to THEM!
Les Marsden (209) 966-6988 Cell: (559) 708-6027 (Emergency only) 7145 Snyder Creek Road Mariposa, CA 95338-9641 Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ahhhhh, Paradise!!! Mariposa County Planning Commissioner, District 5 First Vice-President, The Mariposa County Arts Council, Inc. Board Director, The Economic Development Corporation of Mariposa County http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html Marsden Marx Pages: http://tinyurl.com/ygpj7og ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] String harmonics Aaron, Thanks for asking this. After my first few years of notating careful little redundant diamonds & small notes, string players have told me just to use the circle notation because they'll probably come up with their own fingering anyway. So that's what I've done. I'd like to hear from others here as well. Dennis On Sun, December 12, 2010 5:54 pm, 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? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
