On Sep 22, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Patrick Sheehan <patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who needs courtesy accidentals? Such a crutch. Forget it! > Those who value considerate and clear communication with musicians. Those who pay for rehearsal time. Those who live in a world that extends beyond the diatonic. Those who understand that conventions are arrived at by consensus and change over time and are aware of and respectful of contemporary standards (especially the more useful ones). Those who prefer addressing interpretive nuance over technical distractions. Those who respect the degree of preparation and concentration required of skilled sight readers of complex music and want a significant proportion of that concentration free to be trained on elements beyond questions of pitch. I suppose this list could be lengthened, but that's probably enough. Language changes. Communication usually tends to become more efficient (i.e. losing the distinction between "less" and "fewer"; the dropping of pronouns when the verb makes the "person" clear), and sometimes becomes impoverished as in the confused and confusing substitution of subjective and objective case as practiced by otherwise educated contemporary speakers, "They took a photo of George and I". Whatever is going on in contemporary communication, thoughtful choices are required to make that communication clear and elegant. Awareness of and respect for the expectations of the recipients of musical notation is part of the equation and it's not an academic issue, it's a practical one. Chuck > Patrick J. M. Sheehan > Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy > P. S. Music > Host: "The Saturday Blues" on 89.5 WNIJ-FM, 1 pm - 4 pm (CST) & WNIJ.org > 1-815-973-2317 (m) > > patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Israels [mailto:cisra...@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:33 AM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin > > Perfect! Jari to the rescue again. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 20, 2012, at 1:36 AM, Jari Williamsson > <jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote: > >> On 2012-09-20 02:31, Chuck Israels wrote: >>> The most annoying is that accidentals that >>> appeared correctly in the file now have parentheses >>> applied to them necessitating a meticulous process >>> of removing them - a process that is only slightly >>> less harrowing than proof reading the file and entering >>> the cautionary accidentals by hand. Incidentally, my >>> plugin is set to show no parentheses even on the >>> cautionary accidentals. >> >> I don't use the Cautionary Accidentals plug-in myself, but if you want >> to remove all the parentheses from your accidentals, you can do that >> easily in the JW Change (Beta). Accidentals->Parentheses->Hide and apply >> on the whole document. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jari Williamsson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland, OR 97202-7097 land line: (503) 954-2107cell phone: (360) 201-3434 <www.chuckisraels.com> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
