[sib-access] Re: FW: Key signature options for my Zeitgeist piece
- From: "Dan Rugman" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:45:51 -0000
Kevin,
to start with, choose atonal in the key signature dialog; although this
behaves like C major.
Input the notes in whatever way you like and then run one of the plug-ins in
the plug-ins > accidentals menu to tidy things up. There are four worth no
about.
Add accidentals to all notes
This puts an accidental on every note in the score without exception. It
takes its lead from whatever spellings are already in the score. EG: if
you've input an F-sharp followed by a G-flat, they will both be spelt that
way.
Add accidentals to all sharp or flat notes
This only adds accidentals to sharp and flat notes, and naturals which need
to be identified as naturals because they follow a sharp or flat in the same
bar.
Spell sharps as flats
This just respells every sharp as a flat.
Respell flats as sharps
Guess what! It turns flats into sharps.
As for using sharps or flats in an ostinato, it's really down to personal
choice. Give some thought to what is easiest for the instrument, but don't
forget that F-sharp and G-flat are actually different notes. In some cases
there is a good case for using a sharp over a flat.
A useful keystroke is Enter, which respells an note with a different
accidental. EG: F-sharp will become G-flat. This key also works on passages.
One last thing to mention is cautionary accidentals. These will crop up all
over the place if you start using the plug-ins above. A cautionary
accidental is one which will always appear, no matter what you do to the
other notes in the bar.
Hope this helps,
Dan Rugman
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-----Original Message-----
From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs
Sent: 02 February 2010 17:43
To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sib-access] FW: Key signature options for my Zeitgeist piece
Guys,
See the note below. How does one make accidentals in atonal music apply
only to the adjacent note? Also, in a case where an ostinato would clearly
state the key of d Flat in an otherwise atonal piece, should the accidentals
be stated as flats or sharps? How does one override the default if
necessary in that case?
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Wettstein [mailto:slwettstein@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:20 AM
To: Kevin Gibbs
Subject: Re: Key signature options for my Zeitgeist piece
I would prefer to see everything without a key signature. Also, the no-key
signature option in most notation software is actually C Major, meaning that
accidentals carry through the bar. I really, really dislike that. In
non-tonal, or even bi-tonal music, the accidental needs to apply only to the
note it precedes.
Thanks for asking.
Shannon
On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote:
Dear Shannon and Pat,
I'm preparing the parts for the piece you guys will be playing on March
16. The following occurs to me. I consider the piece to be basically atonal.
However, there are two sections which are clearly bi-tonal. In the first,
the left hand is playing in D Flat. The right hand is playing the melody in
C. Likewise, the soprano is doubling this melody in what is D for a B flat
instrument. (See measures 52-89.) The same situation appears in measures
124-149 for the bass clarinet. (128-149 for piano.) The difference here is
that the key for bass clarinet is E Flat instead of D. I'm considering
choosing a key sig of atonal, except for the bi-tonal sections. In those
cases, I'm considering putting in the above keys sigs. I'm attaching rough
drafts of your parts in PDF so you can see what I'm considering doing. I
feel I've benefited from asking both of you questions in the past and I'm
sure I'll benefit here, too.
Thanks,
Kevin
PS. The PDF you're looking at is 9.5"x12.5" If you try and print it on
8.5"x11" paper, it will look messed up. Likewise, there are all manner of
other formatting issues I don't wish to address until I've cleared up the
key sig question.
<In Transition Reeds.pdf><In Transition Piano.pdf>
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