Re: Changing voice order...

[David Kastrup]

Flaming Hakama by Elaine <address@hidden> writes:

> I wanted to jump in here because in this discussion, a lot of people have
> said or implied things like (paraphrasing) "top to bottom in << // // // >>
> should correspond top to bottom in the score", and suggesting naming
> conventions based on this.
>
> These thoughts, while well-intentioned, are bad since they are misleading
> for this important reason:
>
>      !!! Top to bottom on the staff has precisely nothing to do with any
> conventions of << // // // >> !!!
>
>
> Top to bottom on the staff has ONLY to do with the relative pitches.  For
> example, whenever an Alto part goes lower than the Soprano in an SATB
> arrangment, then the staff order (during that voice crossing) from top to
> bottom is ASTB, not SATB.

Sorry, I don't get your point.  Stem direction and displacements do not
change for voice crossings: that's the sole way to actually recognize
them.

-- 
David Kastrup