User:John Hetland

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John Hetland is the founder and director of The Renaissance Street Singers of New York (http://www.streetsingers.org). You can contact him at the email address below.

General information

Country of origin: USA

Contributor since: 2010-08-10

Number of scores on CPDL: 07

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Notes on my editions

My editions of Renaissance music, produced using software I created, are well adapted for choral use, having features that are much appreciated by choral singers and conductors. Here are the main ones:

Ranges: The highest, lowest and average note of each part is indicated at the beginning of the piece, or sometimes of a section.

Custos: At the end of each line in each part is a custos, or guide, to indicate the next note, but only if the part has a note at the beginning of the next line.

Bar numbers: They are on the first and last bar of every line, so you always know where to find them.

Bar lines: My method here is a compromise among bar lines, no bar lines, and bar lines only outside the staff. I use regular barring, but if a note lasts over a bar line, that bar line is drawn only outside the staff. If a bar seems to have too many notes, notice that the line at the end of that bar doesn't go through the staff; the final note of the bar lasts into the next bar. However, if a note lasts over the end of a staff, I divide the note and draw a tie to the next line.

Translation: Every piece not in English has a translation above the staff, as literal as possible. I also usually include the whole text and translation at the beginning of the piece, unless it is a very familiar text.

Contact information

e-mail: JHetland At sign.png nyc.rr.com

Education

Background