[Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Don Hart
I'd like to get your vote on the following: what is the best way to indicate a specific variance in tempo *within* a section of music already marked rubato? Just read the example below and pick the best answer. Say, for example, that a piece starts with the tempo marking rubato, quarter = c.

Re: [Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 1, 2006, at 2:11 AM, Don Hart wrote: I'd like to get your vote on the following: what is the best way to indicate a specific variance in tempo *within* a section of music already marked rubato? Just read the example below and pick the best answer. Say, for example, that a piece

Re: [Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Michael Cook
I'd go for Tempo I. And I wouldn't recommend using English alternatives to standard terms like meno mosso. If you write meno mosso, it should be understood by anyone anywhere in the world who has learnt to read music, whereas if you translate it into English the non-English speakers will

Re: [Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Don Hart
Nothing. I wasn't sure where meno m. and piu m. stood when drawing a line between using English or Italian, and was inquiring to find a good alternative, if there is one. In early returns Tempo I is the clear leader. Is it just me, or does anyone else sense a connotation with Tempo I that it

Re: [Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 1, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Don Hart wrote: Is it just me, or does anyone else sense a connotation with Tempo I that it starts a substantial section of music, and is not as appropriate when used more commonly, like from phrase to phrase? It's just you. 8-) Seriously, though, there is no