[ddots-l] Re: divisi notes

  • From: "Sarah" <kales2@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:41:30 -0700

Well no on ein my family reads music so maybe I can at least give the piano 
part to a friend of mine and see if she can read it since I'm   performing the 
solo arangement first.

> Before you print it out, make sure have a sighted person to look over
> the score. 
> When there are chords, lyrics, expression, technique marking,
> articulation, and so on, a lot of them are going to be overlapped,
> and it'd be extremely hard or even impposible for people to read. You
> might need to widen the spaces between staves to fit those items.   
> I really wish Jaws can tell you which items are overlapping and stuff.
> Layout and overlapping item are biggest problem for us to produce a
> good looking or ledgible chart for people to sight read. 
> Jazzers and rockers are used to sloppy charts, but classical people
> are used to very well-produced parts and scores! 
> 
> Chi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chi Kim
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:30 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: divisi notes
> 
> 
> I'd just put Div. on the technique marking.
> Or you can jjust insert a text by going creat - text - other - small
> text I think and write Div. 
> Make sure put those two lines on different voices. Otherwise it'd be
> hard for people to read. 
> When you work with voices, don't follow the sibelius speaking
> tutorial. It creates bunch of bar rest when there are nothing on the
> voice 2.  
> You want everybody to sing when there's only one voice. If there are
> notes on first voice and bunch of bar rest on second voice, only half
> of them might sing it. lol  
> Here's how you make different voices on one staff. Write both parts
> on two seperat staves. Let's call it staff 1 and staff 2. 
> Staff 1 will have the main part, and the staff 2 will have only div
> materials. 
> Select staff 2 and assign it as voice 2 by pressing alt2.
> Then select only the voice 2 on staff 2 by pressing ctrl+shift+alt 2.
> Copy and paste the staf 2 onto Staf 1.
> Then, staff 1 will show voice 1 from the beginning to the end, and
> it'll show both voice 1 and voice 2 when only there are notes for
> voice 2.  
> Now you can delete the staff 2.
> 
> Chi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sarah
> To: sonar and sabilius list
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 2:12 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] divisi notes
> 
> 
> Ok. I've now got my notes where i want them. the sopranos split at
> the end of the piece the way I want them. In Braille music I saw
> "divisi" or how ever you spell it. Do I do the same thing for the
> sighted choir and if so how do I put the text in there? I know I'm
> missing something or I'm drawing a blank or it is probably so easy
> I'll kick myself later tonight. I'm trying to get this piece done
> before April or so so I can daybeau it at the church.      
> Sarah Alawami
> MsN: chellist@xxxxxxxxxxx
> skype: marrie1
> Website; www.marrie.org

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