Re: Finale, Sibelius, LilyPond, etc.

[Gwynne Sigel <gittele...>]

At 09:41 AM 1/19/03 -0500, you wrote:

> > Bartok of course was quite fond of using "oddball" key sigs, and personally
> > speaking, I would much prefer to use them too. However, classical
> > _performers_ in my experience seem to be very much divided on the issue,
> > with perhaps a small majority preferring standard key sigs with the use of
> > accidentals (and perhaps some indication of the actual tonic if this is
> > somewhat obscured.
> >
> > Any strong views either way by any of our "resident" performers here, of
> > whatever genre?
>
>I personally prefer using modal notation, ie, I'd put 2 flats and 1 sharp in
>the key signature for D freygish as opposed to using the key sig of Bb and
>adding the F# accidental everywhere. However, it's advisable to let
>musicians know that you've done this if they're not used to playing klezmer!
>
>Seth

Seth,

I am intrigued by your question. . Judging form your comment I  assume that 
you are mostly interested in  what approaches to klezmer music --as opposed 
to other kinds of music-- .others are using.  So why are you interested in 
using non-standard notation given how tonal Klezmer music is?

I am a classically trained singer who prefers using "standard" forms of 
notation (ie. key signatures with accidentalsl). I am curious since  my 
training and background are fairly traditional--that is, western). I have 
primarily sung European music of the 15-19th centuries. (But I tend to be 
drawn to very tonal music.) I haven't studied 20th century composition but 
judging from the atonal nature of this music I would assume that 20th 
century composers would be inclined to use "non-standard" notation  (I 
didn't know about Bartok)

I don't know much about modal notation. How does it differ from "standard 
notation"  I have always been interested in gregorian chant and wonder if 
this is more along the lines of what you mean by "modal music".

Gwynne

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>
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