On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:

> But your parallel is not an equal one.  If an informed composer chooses to
> break the rules of harmony, the sound will be readily apparent.  If he/she
> breaks the rules of hyphenation, the sound will be apparent only if it is
> for some clear and obvious purpose - but the choir director or singer may
> easily ignore odd divisions and sing it normally - not so with harmony.


Good point.  I suppose a better comparison would be the typographic rules of 
engraving, which I will generally follow but would not hesitate to break for 
the sake of better clarity and communication.

mdl
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