At 7:46 PM -0700 11/4/11, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >Christopher ... all really good info, which in this particular >journey, I'm beginning to relate to (bad grammar, but what the >hell). What I've decided to do, is stay in Linked Parts mode, and >move a system to the next page as warranted, following all the dicta >you've described inre a given instrument, (luckily, I've played a lot >of the instruments, so kind of have a remembrance of a lot of the >problems) and sometimes, pushing one or two measures at a time into >the next system (on the next page, I mean). It's going to be a long >haul doing all the parts that way, BUT, I think the players will be >thanking me for the effort. You are correct, I ain't liking it, and >I'm jumping through a lot of hoops .... but hey, what I'm REALLY >interested in is getting my music played ... so .....
One other thought. A trombone does NOT have to be in 1st position. It can be in 3rd, or sort of in 4th, where the fingers of the right hand can grab the bell for a short time. Awkward, but do-able. A trumpet can have any valve combination down, not just open, although a 1-3 or 1-2-3 note might be sharp played with one hand. The problem with horn (and in some cases with tuba or euphonium) is that there are times when both hands are in use. The obvious answer, of course, would be to put the music on iPads, with a foot pedal to turn pages. Only about a $100,000 option!!! I know WE won't be buying them soon! 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
