OK.
You are obviously entitled to your own opinion about how I chose to notate the piece, and I am entitled to mine as well. You feel the expanded notation detracts from the clarity of the piece, I feel differently. Daniel feels the same as you, others feel the same as me. Considering I was the person performing the piano part, I think it would only make sense for me to notate it as I would prefer to read it - so, no brainer, I did. I can assure you that it was originally notated for two staves and, after I thought about it and worked with the score, I decided against it.
I'm aware that many pianists despise when composers write in expanded staves, but as a pianist and composer myself, I couldn't really care less. I did what I did - not to be "cool" (now that wouldn't make much sense, would it, Qcc?), and not to go against the grain (I don't see you bashing avant garde composers in the other forum for doing things because they, simply, can). I've explained myself and my reasons and feel that there is no reason to press the issue further. Oh, and "The four stave thing is, in this case, quite unnecessary, and smacks of rachmaninovian pretention." --- please.
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Originally Posted by QcCowboy
Sadly, most composition teachers know very little about notation standards and acceptable notation procedure.
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I would agree with that most of the time, but I happen to know Hilliard's works rather well, and have seen his scores. He may, as remarkable as it sounds, know exactly what he's doing.
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Originally Posted by QcCowboy
Remember that the ONLY important factor in deciding how something will be notated is CLARITY.
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I agree...
Now, I've apologized for the score and would truly appreciate some worthwhile critique on the piece itself (thank you Marius and Daniel). I can manage a score fine, especially when I actually care enough to put work into it. I've said it before - this was not the final score, so don't treat it as such. Only use it to to follow along.
Not trying to be defensive or anything, because I understand what you all are saying, I just know how I feel comfortable notating this piece, and that's how I chose to do it. You can do whatever you feel like in your own piece - the beauty of art, right?
