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by mburns
14 Jan 2026, 01:25
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: A question about MuseScore that I saw brought up
Replies: 7
Views: 59032

Re: A question about MuseScore that I saw brought up


Oh, this is hard to read living in a country that currently refuses to rule out a military invasion of Greenland, Panama, and even Canada. :(

Yup, and a lot of people are looking to migrate, at least partially, from American and American-owned services, myself included. That said, I think a lot ...
by mburns
24 Sep 2025, 22:39
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Style Advice for new project
Replies: 8
Views: 11167

Re: Style Advice for new project

Thank you very much for the lovely compliment John, it's much appreciated. I'll have a look at all of those items, they're really well observed. I didn't know about shaping portato slurs generally, so thanks for that. Distances between noteheads and articulations and other scripts is something ...
by mburns
23 Sep 2025, 22:07
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Style Advice for new project
Replies: 8
Views: 11167

Re: Style Advice for new project

As usual, I'm using Lilypond. I think if this goes well I might look at getting Dorico, but at the moment it's not in my budget sadly.

Here's a couple of example pages, one from the full score, one from the parts. It's early days (I'm still doing note entry for one of the books) and the full score ...
by mburns
21 Sep 2025, 22:31
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Style Advice for new project
Replies: 8
Views: 11167

Style Advice for new project

Hi all,

Having graduated, I've been given an opportunity to do some engraving work through my uni as part of a research project, creating editions of some books of quintets from ~1730s French parts. The uni is mostly concerned about accuracy/editorial stuff, which I'll leave mostly to others, but ...
by mburns
03 Aug 2025, 20:48
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: What are your reference scores for good engraving?
Replies: 6
Views: 50668

Re: What are your reference scores for good engraving?

For solo instrumental works, my high standard is André Jolivet's Cinq Incantations pour flûte seule, published by Boosey & Hawkes (B. & H. 19381). Extremely detailed, but highly legible. One of the few pieces I play from the original because I've never needed to write anything on it.
by mburns
14 Mar 2025, 18:18
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral
Replies: 8
Views: 315597

Re: First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral

Oops, that's an error on my part! As were a couple more that I found this morning.

I definately agree with you on the accidentals, the composer's are better. I had anther go at adding in cautionaries this morning and with some tweaks it worked a lot better this time. I still need to go through and ...
by mburns
14 Mar 2025, 04:05
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral
Replies: 8
Views: 315597

Re: First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral

Thanks John and Roland for your advice, it was really helpful.

I hadn't considered changing the tuplet brackets to slurs. I'm a flautist most of the time so I can't remember the last time I saw tuplet slurs that were not horrifically unclear, but trying it out I see what you mean. Another tool to ...
by mburns
10 Mar 2025, 22:20
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral
Replies: 8
Views: 315597

First engraving for commentary: Koechlin Choral

Kia Ora (Hello) from Aotearoa New Zealand!

First I wanted to say thanks to all the folks on the forum, I've spent a good amount of time browsing and there's some fantastic advice and info on here. I've been getting really into music engraving in the last few years (had a great feeling playing off ...