Re: Chords in choral music(Re: Fixing LSR 888: center-on-words ignoring punctuation)

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On 07/12/16 23:37, Alexander Kobel wrote:
> On 2016-12-07 22:05, Simon Albrecht wrote:
>> On 07.12.2016 01:07, Alexander Kobel wrote:
>>> chords with two adjacent notes (shifting one note). I know that this
>>> should be a forbidden situation for vocal music
>>
>> Why should it? I hardly think anybody should feel inclined to sing it
>> /non divisi/…
> 
> Of course, though some people seem to try their best to do so... ;-)
> I meant that, IMHO, the cleaner way to notate such a situation is to use
> separate voices - after all, no singer should be able to sing two notes
> at once. In contrast to, say, a violin, which typically have a single
> note, but I've heard that sufficiently capable violinists are able to
> play (intentionally) (some well-chosen) chords.
> 
> 
I've heard some BRASS players play (intentionally) (some well chosen)
chords :-)

(And no, I don't mean the technique (I've also heard) of players jumping
between notes so fast that the listener hears two clear lines of music.)

Cheers,
Wol