[sib-access] Re: FW: Key signature options for my Zeitgeist piece
- From: "Claudio Sacco" <cl.sacco@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:57:44 +0100
Kevin
In the key signature you have to specify atonal. If you are thinking D-flat
for a ostinato, then you should write flats. But you also could insert just
a key signature for that ostinato and go back to atonal afterwards.
Hope this helps
Claudio
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> 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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