Janek Warchoł wrote Friday, February 18, 2011 8:00 PM
i have a SATB choral piece and occasionally some voices are split
in
two. If the rhythyms differ, a polyphonic notation must be used -
that's obvious. But, what to do in the situation pictured in the
problem.png attachment? Is the notation used self-explanatory?
It's all about the first note. In my opinion it's clear that it
should
be sang by both voices, but maybe an explicit polyphonic notation
should be used (see explicit.png)?
Do engraving books say anything about this?
What do you think about this?
I think it would depend on the length of the passage which is the
same for the two voices. If this is extensive with just a few notes
that split, then using just one voice for the notes that are the
same
is fine. If the opposite applies, with a long passage of split
notes
and a short section where the notes are the same then making
them explicit would be clearer.
In your case you say the voices split occasionally, so I'd use
two voices only for those occasional sections.
Trevor
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