Good points, John.
>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" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >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! >>> >>>[email protected] >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Christopher Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >>>Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 12:28 PM >>>To: [email protected] >>>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 >>>[email protected] >>>http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
