On 13 Dec 2010, at 1:38 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > And what WOULD that be (the notation that is exactly what to do without > roadblocks), when trying to notate harmonics clearly?
Generally, the "touch fourth" diamond notation for artificial harmonics. It's widely and instantly understood, and even if it's not the best choice in every situation, it has the advantages of being sight-readable and easily understood on the first run-through. If the string players then want to figure out a different method of generating the harmonic in question, my experience is that they will go ahead and do this anyway. It doesn't make any practical difference whether I notate a note at pitch with a circle, or use touch fourth with the diamond -- players will feel free to work out their preferred solution regardless. But the touch fourth notation, unlike the circle at pitch, does not cause train-wrecks when sight-reading. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
