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  • November 15, 2020 at 11:56 pm #36388
    Lindy Walton
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      How do you transcribe high and low fingering notations printed above a note? (viola) The piece I am working on has H2, L1, and L2. (see attached docx file for one example)

      I've looked and looked -- please cite a source. Thanks, Kathleen.

      Lindy

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      November 16, 2020 at 2:01 pm #36390
      Kathleen
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        Hi Lindy,

        Sorry I can't cite any sources. None that I know of mention this and therefore there is no agreed-upon method. I've had many discussions with other transcribers about this issue. Some have suggested using a flat or a sharp before the fingering, but a flat in front of a finger number 2 would read as a downbow for the next note. Some people have used word-sign expressions before the note. I've personally used dots 12 after a fingering for the Low and a dot 1 after a fingering for Hi. Of course, whichever method you land on, add a transcriber's note to explain what you're doing.

         

        November 19, 2020 at 12:10 am #36397
        Lindy Walton
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          Thank you, Kathleen. These are interesting options.

           

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