Forked stems, clearly indicating clusters, are common in the score to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
​Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com On Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 12:57 PM SN jef chippewa < [email protected]> wrote: > > i would say that is also a possibility, top line left measure has (on > all 3 beats) A-Bb on left part of split stem, Bnat-C on right. but > in the scan no "div." is indicated. 3rd measure 3rd beat has 5 notes > (B to Eb) with 3 stems for sure, possibly 4, maybe even 5 (very > faint, hard to tell). > > >Is it not just divisi notes in clusters? (I can barely see the scan.) > > > >> I would have to agree. The forked stems mean all the notes sound at the > >> same time (just like a chord), while the 6 underneath and the beams > mean > > > sextuplet tremolos. Must be a number of players on that staff. > > -- > > neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation > http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html > > shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com > new music notation + arts management + translation > [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
