Three staves is unusual enough so that the players would have to think about it. There may even be a protocol in place within the section already for a 3-way split, as long as everyone knows that it is a 3-way split. With only an a2 divisi showing on each part, it is such a common situation that a 2/3 split might be completely forgotten in the heat of the concert/rehearsal.
Anyway, I don't really have a dog in this race. I was just suggesting what I thought would most often give the best results for a 3-part equal split with a minimum of extra explanatory text. If there was a better solution anyone could suggest, I would endorse it, but orchestra defaults being what they are, people are very likely to ignore special instructions, so I try to avoid putting myself in the position of needing to write them unless I'm willing to fight for it. Christopher On 14-Jan-14, at 14-Jan-14 9:56 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
