Good thoughts .... thanks .. Dean
On Nov 5, 2011, at 2:42 AM, Steve Parker wrote: > I agree entirely with this post! > It's an object lesson in page-turning for copyists. > So much so that I'm going to duplicate it because it's easy to miss.. > > 1. Blank or mostly blank pages are often preferable to bad turns - > especially if you are copying for live or studio rather than > publication (where other people have opinions on how much paper..) > > 2. Learn (or ask the players) the kinds of playing passages than be > turned through. > > 3. If all else fails make sure that page turns are not all in the > same place. Sections of doubled notes even in different sections > are ok choices. > > Steve P. > > On 5 Nov 2011, at 01:21, Christopher Smith wrote: > >> That's all. I jump through hoops to avoid having bad page turns, >> which has included at one point ONE system on a left hand page >> ending in a multimeasure rest, then the ENTIRE next right hand >> page blank, then the next two pages jammed from top to bottom. >> Might look stupid and waste paper, but EVERYONE made the page turn >> easily. It is rare in a wind ensemble to have any instrument >> playing for more than two pages without a break, so there is >> ALWAYS a way to do it. >> >> There are numerous tricks, too. Schedule a page turn during a >> sustained note that the player can finger one-handed. For >> trumpets, that means almost anything that isn't too technical or >> high, but trombone and tuba need open notes. There isn't much for >> horns and it requires a bit of technical knowledge for the >> woodwinds. For kit drummers, it is best to turn pages when they >> are playing straight time for a bit, rather than during a passage >> with a lot of hits. Bassists can pluck left-handed on an open >> string while turning with the right, but usually they have the >> pages open accordion style across two stands. >> >> If worse comes to worst, stagger the page turns so that the entire >> section doesn't drop out on the same measure as they miss a bit of >> music while turning the page. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale The perfect drive......a diminishing sphere of white impaling the azure heavens in a graceful elliptic........height and distance vying for supremacy......compatriot's jowls lax, eyes huge, their raucous paeans thinly veiling jealousy......one stroke justifying a capricious investment in the titanium industry. Dean M. Estabrook http://sites.google.com/site/deanestabrook/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
