On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 1:39 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
> since the > same folks who advocate concert pitch scores are > usually uncomfortable with the use of C clefs > This was a very good post down until this bit of smug nonsense. Is John prepared to suggest that Prokofiev was uncomfortable with C clefs? I think "concert pitch" scores make a lot of sense for contemporary pieces that lack key signatures, because without the key signature as a cue, it is difficult to tell the transposition at a glance. This practice has become quite standard in this style of music, recommended by many composition professors, and (as just mentioned) has a pedigree dating back at least to Prokofiev. I do think that one has to particularly careful about horn parts in a concert pitch setting: not the notation, but the way you write for it. But if you know what you are doing, there is no problem. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
