Ron, --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The conventional two-stave keyboard > transcription is probably the most > useful and appropriate format for > academic purposes. Sorry, but I disagree. Transcribing Kapsperger's music on two staves makes as much sense as putting pieces by Giuliani, Tarrega or Villa-Lobos onto two staves. As you point out, though, this incredibly wasteful use of paper is still the standard in academic circles. Bruno, if you're in a situation where there's pressure to be taken seriously, you may have no choice but to use this format. Especially with Kapsperger's idiom, though, you'll end up with lots of passages with many blank measures in the "left" or "right" hands, weirdly-spaced (and placed) chords, inconsistent voices and voice leading, etc. Its not going to impress: to a keyboard player, this just looks like poor music. This wouldn't happen with a more natural single staff transcription. Chris To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
