Fair enough! But the guidelines given were
guidelines for students. In my experience, it's
often good for students to give them certain
prescriptive rules the bright ones can rail
against or find ways to subvert.
i don't think notation should be about
subversion, except in projects that
Maybe standards are different in the States, but around here ALL the string
players HAVE to check out the parts beforehand
...
Just to be obnoxious
I've seen orchestras and choirs in Britain sight-read crazy complex spectral
music at composer play-throughs with pages and pages of
At 8:43 AM -0400 11/1/12, Christopher Smith wrote:
I have to step in here. Maybe standards are
different in the States, but around here ALL the
string players HAVE to check out the parts
beforehand, and if the woodwind players don't
they take their lives in their hands. This
applies not only
Darcy:
But there is a reason Steve Reich gave up writing for orchestra, and it's not
like his music is overtly virtuosic or anything.
Me:
I'm sure the less-than-ideal attitude that some orchestras display towards his
music is part of it, but I asked him once (in a c'mon, Steve, please please
jef: don't dis Broadway players. They are some of the best players on the
planet, and not all their gigs are on Broadway. They fill the ranks of NY's
most adventuresome new music ensembles, too.
In traditional music, as a performer, I find cross-bar beaming to be quite
clear when used sparingly.
