I quite agree with Christopher regarding the use of parenthesis, even though this not always may apply as the best solution and each case has to be evaluated before adopting a specific solution, I personally prefer the non parenthesized accidentals.
Giovannni -------- Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu >If you will permit a somewhat differing opinion, I think there are >places where cautionaries are necessary, even when there isn't a key >change, and I have figured out after many years that NON-parenthesised >ones actually are easier to read. > >I know that parentheses make logical sense, that a parenthesised >accidental is kind of like saying, "I KNOW you know this, but here's a >reminder" to differentiate it from one that is absolutely necessary. But >from a distance, parentheses around an accidental makes all three >(sharp, flat, and natural) into the same outline, so you have to read >more closely to see which accidental it actually is. Already, sharps and >naturals are easy to confuse with each other; the parentheses make it >worse. I keep getting caught by these on the gigs I do where the Finale >user is less than professional. And Sibelius seems to have this >redundant accidental default that puts in accidentals on the SECOND of >two tied notes! > >Christopher > > >On Sun Nov 10, at SundayNov 10 12:39 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >> >> >> For those of us with imperfect eyesight, we cannot always see the >> accidental clearly. If I can see that there is an accidental, then I >> can make a quick judgment about whether it is most likely a flat, sharp, >> or natural and be right almost all the time. People who add unnecessary >> accidental markings without parenthesizing them should be shot, IMHO. >> And people who pencil in unnecessary accidentals BESIDE notes in the >> music should also be shot. If one needs a reminder about a note, write >> the accidental ABOVE the note, with a parenthesis and there will never >> be any confusion. IMHO, the only time an accidental should be penciled >> BESIDE a note is when correcting a misprint. > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
