Re: [scots-l] music notation
Both of these illustrate my previous point, that some people (mostly dance musicians in my experience) really like having the bar lines and notes aligned. Their reason is that it makes the phrasing of the music clearer, which improves readability. Meanwhile, others voice strong objections to this on aesthetic grounds. My conclusion would be that good music software would cater to both of these disparate crowds, and make such alignment possible for those who like it. This would be more useful than software that imposes one group's preference on the other. It is a bit disappointing that aesthetics and practicality seem to be in opposition here. Ted remarked: | This sounds very similar to the approach taken in the two volumes of | Irish Traditional Music published by CCE Craobh Naithi. It's some of the | clearest notation I've encountered. | Cynthia Cathcart wrote: | ... but in the book I've been working on, I adjusted the placement | of the pick-up notes so that my bars DO line up exactly. It's a book for | beginning players, and I wanted to make clear the repeated | patterns in some of the pieces I chose. ... | My point is, well, yes, the pick up notes make it a little more | challenging, | but it's easily gotten around. And I think it's worth the extra | effort if it makes the music clearer. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] music notation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not to mention, the pickup notes usually make sure the bar lines don't line up exactly anyway That's true, but in the book I've been working on, I adjusted the placement of the pick-up notes so that my bars DO line up exactly. It's a book for beginning players, and I wanted to make clear the repeated patterns in some of the pieces I chose. If the first stave has a pick-up, and the second stave does NOT, I would leave the first half-inch or so of the second stave blank, so that the first full bar of the second stave lines up with the first full bar of the first stave. (This would be SO MUCH easier to just show you.) My point is, well, yes, the pick up notes make it a little more challenging, but it's easily gotten around. And I think it's worth the extra effort if it makes the music clearer. --Cynthia Cathcart Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] music notation
(my pet hate is the bar lines all above one another straight down the page!) dance musicians usually really appreciate a format in which sections and major phrases start on a new staff, and corresponding parts of phrases line up vertically Dance musicians are usually very much aware of rhythm and phrasing, and if this these correspond closely to the position of the notes on the page, then keeping your place is a lot easier. But you can have four or eight measures/bars on every line (so that the phrases and sections are clear) and still not have the bar lines line up exactly. FINALE does note-spacing, so the different measures/bars are different lengths and you can adjust them to look nice. Not to mention, the pickup notes usually make sure the bar lines don't line up exactly anyway. BTW in the pipe books I have (admittedly only a few), the bar lines aren't all lined up the way somebody claimed they were. - Kate D. -- Kate Dunlay David Greenberg Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.total.net/~dungreen Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
