On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:24 PM, SN jef chippewa <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Cross-bar beaming is not uncommon in solo music, >> but adds unnecessary difficulties to large >> ensemble writing. > > author never heard of bartók i guess... Bartók also died in 1945. His method of indicating phrasing via beaming is widely considered obsolete, at least in American new music circles. This part of the notation guide reflects absolutely bog-standard contemporary American practice, especially for orchestral/large ensemble works. As far as I'm concerned, the reasoning given in the guide is 100% correct. Beaming reinforces meter. Beaming should not be used to indicate phrasing. There are plenty of other ways of doing that besides employing non-metrical and/or over-the-barline beaming. You'll disagree, of course, but I'd expect that no one is ever sight-reading the types of music you normally engrave! Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
