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It's fine having extra marking if space allows it. Also the marking itself is smaller due to cue sized instrument part; to be clear, I was talking about having normal sized (12 point font, as you can see in my example in the second previous post) above the cued instrument part, so it's readable (whi...

Oh yea, I'm aware that if there's more than one instrument staff above the piano, there should be restatement, just like the Durand example (though every tempo fluctuation there seems to be put in roman font). Thanks for your insight guys, I think I'll stick to single statement above above, since I'...

Thanks, that's interesting stuff! Today while playing I noticed yet another method: I'm an accompanist in music school, playing some clarinet piece. Tempo alterations (rall etc.) were in italics, but only above the piano staff, and not above the clarinet part. Schirmer says that 'accompanist will re...

Hey guys.. since it seems to be topic for it.. I found out that each publisher basically follows his own style, so I'm not sure there's 'standard' when it comes to it.. I'm talking about both positioning and appearance of tempo markings/alterations. The only common thing that everyone does seems to ...

Schirmer Manual of Style says on p. 13: "See also the section on Microtones (page 121)". There's only 100 pages, so it's possible that the manual they sell is somehow incomplete? But maybe it's only specific contemporary notation, so I won't miss much, as I use only traditional one. See p...

Hey guys, thanks for this great thread. Made me spend bunch of money for G. Schirmer manual and even buying some fonts they recommend.. and I'm just a beginner doing scores for myself.. so yea thanks a lot.. :piano :fer :forte But seriously, I like the fonts a lot! Got Linotype instead of Adobe (as ...