Craig, I agree entirely Cheers,
Lawrence Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Nov 2014, at 5:32 am, Craig Parmerlee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/28/2014 10:37 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: >> Most major publishers these days do not parenthesise courtesy accidentals >> either. > > Really? > > That surely isn't my experience. I don't recall seeing any recently > published music from a respected publishing house that does it that way. > > I find that a non-parenthesized unnecessary accidental causes more > errors than it avoids. If the player's eyesight isn't perfect or the > player is otherwise distracted, the presence of "something" tells the > player that it sure isn't what the key signature indicates. The player > may have to make a quick guess as to what the accidental most likely is > -- and of course will be wrong 100% of the time because it wasn't a > necessary marking. I cuss the engraver every time they do that to me. > > With courtesy accidentals, either parenthesize them or leave them out. > Anything else is a hostile act, IMHO. It is hard enough to sight-read > accidentals accurately without the engraver placing land mines in the way. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
