At 9:48 PM +0100 9/27/11, Peter Taylor wrote: > >Out of interest, would word extensions be correct if you wanted to pinpoint >words to certain notes in an operatic cadenza? I've always done that >without any queries.
Word extension are always correct for melismas, and I would always add slurs as well in order to be perfectly clear, although some publishers in some countries at some times do NOT use slurs for melismas in vocal music. And in fact that would be the ONLY way to lay out the lyrics when words must come on certain notes, which is perfectly normal except in a chanted usage. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
