Larry, I agree. The only exception is when the music is especially "busy" with lots of notes. The parentheses often make it difficult to read on the fly. Then you have the decision to make as to whether the "unnecessary" accidental hurts more than it helps. It is sometimes a very close call. "Chord"ially, John John Witmer Clemson Downs Retirement Center
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence David Eden" <lde...@comcast.net> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014 >I have to disagree here. I use courtesy accidentals in my > arrangements for a couple of reasons: > > 1. my players like and often request them > 2. I like to hear the correct notes being played right....the first time. > > Larry > > > > > > >>Courtesy accidentals (ANYWHERE) are for the weak. If you *need* them in >>the >>part, then that means you're not following the key signature. Back to >>school! >> >>patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Christopher Smith [mailto:christopher.sm...@videotron.ca] >>Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 12:28 PM >>To: finale@shsu.edu >>Subject: Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014 >> >>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 >>Finale@shsu.edu >>http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
