My perspective is that if the key of the moment does not match the key signature, any chromatic alterations within the key of the moment should be shown even if they are already in the key sig. Personally I don't think parens are necessary but I suppose they don't hurt anything. For example, if the key sig is G-Major, but the piece has modulated to D-Major, if there is a V7/IV chord (in D-Maj) that calls for C-nat, the C-nat should be shown, irrespective of the fact that there is no C-sharp in the key sig.
I'm a horn player. For nearly all the standard rep music we don't see key signatures, so for music that has them I tend to pencil in nearly every accidental anyway. But I really believe relying on a key signature to show chromatic alterations for a passage not in the key of the key signature is where you are mostly likely to trip up a sight-reader. (FWIW: Instead of using key sigs we horn players play in keys. I've played Auf Dem Strom in the original E, in D, and I've seen a version in C. But I just play the same part, written in C Major, in whichever key the singer wants.) On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> wrote: > They are called courtesy accidentals. > > Perhaps a little courtesy in speaking about your point of view and > experience vs that of others would be welcome. > > My experience with tonal but often modulating music played by highly > educated and able musicians differs from yours. That doesn't lead me to > denigrate your perspective nor to invite expletives in discussing which > practices might work better in different circumstances. > > I will speak for myself: when I am playing in Db and there are passages > with D naturals, I appreciate a courtesy accidental when the tonality of > the moment later demands a Db, and I don't care if it lacks parentheses. So > do many musicians with whom I work. That practice can help prevent > mistakes when it is used consistently. > > There may be a number of considerations that argue for or against this > practice. What seems clear to me is that it is working well under the > conditions I live in. > > That's all I'll say about it at the moment. > > Chuck > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 29, 2014, at 11:35 PM, Craig Parmerlee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > the > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
