In “Me and Mrs. Jones” the publisher spells it “mis-sus”, which I am not sure about. I would have spelled it as “miss-es”, since it is pronounced the same as “hits and misses” with the last “s” voiced (“z”) and nobody has to question whether it’s actually unvoiced the way they would if you spelled it “mis-sus”.
The Paul Simon music I have seen (Mrs. Robinson) is variously spelled “mis-sus” and “Mrs._” with a slur over two notes, which I think is dead wrong. Christopher > On Aug 27, 2019, at 8:43 PM, Michael Edwards <mjedwa...@foxall.com.au> wrote: > > [ Robert Patterson: ] > >> FWIW (joking aside) my copy of Merriam Webster correctly identifies >> "missus" as dialect in one of the definitions, and I would rather avoid >> that implication. > > In that case, how would "Mr - s." go? But that might cause the singer > to start pronouncing "Mister" - although surely as they got to know the line > they would realize it's not that, so it shouldn't be an issue. (Nothing > seems truly satisfactory.) Maybe "mis-sus" or "miss-us" in parentheses > underneath the "Mr - s." would look like a pronunciation guide rather than > dialect. > Or, alternatively, "Mrs. -" (the hyphen acting as a syllable extension > and going under the second note). That wouldn't need the pronunciation guide > underneath in parentheses. > > Michael Edwards. > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
