On second thought, Robert is correct. How about a measure or two with the 16th, then revert to the original with a "cont. sim."? On Mar 20, 2015 11:45 PM, "Robert Patterson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I hate to be a nay-sayer, but I agree with the string player. Even placing > up-bow and down-bow markings doesn't clarify the notation, because the > whole point of portato is that the bow doesn't change direction. Plus, I've > found my guesses about the most convenient up- or down- bowings of a given > passage are often wrong, so I try to avoid being prescriptive outside of > special effects. > > The clearest notation in this case is an eighth slurred to a sixteenth. You > can probably get by with the eighths by adding a comment like "clip > staccato notes". > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Yes, that solution seems infinitely preferable to filling out all the > > beats with rests. > > > > Cheers, > > > > - DJA > > ----- > > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Raymond Horton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> I guess I could just show a down-bow on the first pair and an up-bow > on > > >> the second pair.) > > > > > > > > > That works! > > > > > > > > > Raymond Horton > > > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > > > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > > > Composer, Arranger > > > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
