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db322014 wrote: ↑18 Apr 2025, 15:06 About Finale, I use it because it is no longer being updated, so I could find the last version for free the web.

And you wonder why they stopped developing it?

I remember our former principal trumpet put a sticker on the front of his folder with a pair of glasses with a slash through them.

In other words: Don't look at the conductor.

The standard indication is "V.S." (volta subito)

Eyeglasses mean something else (pay attention)

May I gently suggest that you (the OP) learn a bit of music theory (interval names, for instance) before asking for help?

There are plenty of on-line resources for this.

You have an error in your engraving: The last note of the grace note arpeggio is A, not f (natural).

Yes, tubas in different keys do exist, but they are not transposing instruments (again with the exception of British band music). In other words, players learn different fingerings for different instruments. Sometimes older music refers to instruments no longer in use (for example the classical Cont...

Oh no, Tuba is *always* written in concert pitch (with the exception of British brass band music).

This does not apply to Wagner Tuben, which are played by Horn players and therefore used to transposing instruments.

MichelRE wrote: ↑10 Nov 2024, 14:35
A far as we know, viola was always written in alto clef. The only instrument written in alto clef, actually. (probably thus it's name alto = viola in many languages)

I think you forgot about the Trombone (and not just the alto instrument). Plenty of examples in Mozart, Dvorak, etc.

I've used brackets a few times in passages that were rhythmically ambiguous, but only for a few instruments.

You could always hide them in the score.

At first glance, the meter of the second bar is unclear, as the eye has to parse all the quarters, where the half rest in the first bar makes it instantly clear that we're in 6/4. It is unclear only because there is no context. I think that as part of a phrase, the meaning would be clear enough. To...