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- From: bmtong@cs.cuhk.hk (Tong Bo-Ming)
- Subject: Re: // 5ths & 8ves
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.021154.25210@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>
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- Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:11:54 GMT
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- idealord@dorsai.com (Jeff Harrington) writes:
-
- >Wait a minute, you're talking orchestration, whether by the use of
- >octaves in the piano or in the orchestra. That's a totally different
- >thing from voice leading.
- >
- >Matt's got some good points. Ultimately, anyone who thinks an Alberti
- >bass never bends with the melody doesn't know the literature :-).
- >
-
- >Jeff Harrington
- >IdEAL ORDER
- >idealord@dorsai.com
-
- How do we distinguish between doubling and orchestration ?
-
- My usual practice is this: if I have more than 4 parts, I allow myself
- to have some octaves (and sometimes fifths as well). However, for n
- parts I only allow n-4 parallel octaves. (What do you think about this
- ?) It is clear that the piece in my original posting does not obey this
- rule, and my ear tells me that it is not too pleasing to hear. I
- would seek some 'justification' from you.
-
- Once I read the score of a piano piece by Schumann. There are only two
- parts, but still consecutive octaves.
-
- Tong Bo-Ming
-