Hi Dennis, Guitarists are used to seeing just the circle notation (the "what") for harmonics. String players are used to seeing the diamonds (the "how") so for sight-reading purposes they don't all have the reflexes to figure out harmonics on the fly.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 13 Dec 2010, at 3:49 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Mon, December 13, 2010 3:30 pm, John Howell wrote: >> In my opinion, and for artificial harmonics, it would be indicating >> the fretting finger and the touching finger with solid/diamond notes. >> That is a specific instruction for a specific action, instantly >> recognizable and playable. For natural harmonics, it depends on >> which end of the string you want them, if you actually care. For the >> octave harmonic (middle of the string), there's no alternative. For >> all the others, there are, and either diamond notes (on the lower >> half of the string) or circles over the note (on the upper half) will >> get the idea across. And sometimes even the natural harmonics must >> be played as alternative fingered harmonics if the natural ones do >> not match the temperament being used, but THAT is a decision I would >> leave to the performers. > > How can string players learn a fairly vast repertoire of fingerings, > positions, and techniques during their careers -- techniques that are played > just from the "what" on the sheet music -- but for harmonics they have to be > told "how"? I quit string playing many years ago, so don't know. Are harmonics > not learned as a standard part of professional string development? Players > don't have a core set of harmonics memorized? Guitarists seem to. > > This is a standard device; why are additional 'mechanical' instructions > needed? I can't think of another commonplace device for which mechanical > instructions are required. > > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
