Doublereed Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2003/11

From: Jim Katz <jimkatz@-----.ca>
Subj: [DR-L] Morons Versus Quality; Counterpoint
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:56:00 -0500

I am enjoying this thread around the topic of composition/tradition/key
signatures and so forth. I have a related query: I think in the current age
of cheap and easy color printing and computer aided design there could be
some updating of notation.

I'm not suggesting radical change, but I think more intuitive suggestions
for performance of even older music could be accomplished by the addition of
color, texture and other cues to printed parts. I think I would know what to
do if a bassoon part suggested that I play it brown and furry....

Jim Katz
Distant Second Bassoon
I Medici di McGill