Very true -- I forgot to think that the person asking wouldn't realize that a text note explaining how the split should occur would be included in the score and printed on the parts.
Even with all 3 parts on each of the Violin I and Violin II printed parts an explanatory note would be required to get the desired split, so I'm not sure why you think my procedure would be worse than putting 3 parts on each of the printed violin parts. David H. Bailey On 1/14/2014 7:52 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: > If you only have two parts in a section, the default split is outside > stand/inside stand. Your procedure would put twice as many players on the > middle part (the Group 2 part shared by both sections) unless specific steps > were taken, and there is the constant threat of people forgetting or > otherwise getting confused, or the conductor simply omitting to make the > request. You may think it very unprofessional, but one messes with > established convention at one's peril, and as it is a constant struggle it > had better be worth it. > > As I mentioned in a previous post, three even divisions are not always > necessary. The way I would generally split a normal 3-part passage is simply > split the Vln 2 and leave the greater number of players on the top part, as > is most common. Depending on the situation, I might alternatively put Group 1 > and 2 as an ordinary inside/outside split in Vln 1, and Group 1 and 3 in Vln > 2. This also puts twice as many players on the top part, which is usually > what you want, but distributes them slightly differently on the stage. An > even 3-way split might be needed in the case of 3 equal parts, and since it > is unusual, it requires an unusual solution that won't be misinterpreted. > > Christopher > > > On Tue Jan 14, at TuesdayJan 14 7:14 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > >> I'm confused as to why Violin I and Violin II would have to show all >> three groups -- If the Violin I section is to divide so that the outer >> stands are group 1 and the inner stands are group II, then the Violin I >> parts only need to divide into Group I and Group II parts, not all three. >> >> And if the Violin II section is only going to play either Group II or >> Group III parts, then the Violin II part only needs to divide into two >> parts: Group II and Group III. >> >> I don't see a need to have both Violin I and Violin II printed parts >> showing all three groups each. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
