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- 22 Feb 2022, 02:58
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Positioning Chord Symbols and Rehearsal Marks for Jazz
- Replies: 52
- Views: 22128
Re: Positioning Chord Symbols and Rehearsal Marks for Jazz
I've always preferred left-aligned chords, especially in cases where sight-reading is important. When there are busy bars with chords on every beat (or more frequent), it is difficult to determine exactly where the chords line up. I remember this being a particular issue when doing work for Ian Fras...
- 07 Feb 2022, 02:13
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Tertiary beams: a case for widening/thickening?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19432
Re: Tertiary beams: a case for widening/thickening?
I think John nailed it. There are two things happening that cause problems. 1. The length of the stub and spacing between the notes create a conflict. The stub beam is encroaching into the horizontal space occupied by the previous notehead. This makes it difficult to understand the rhythm. In fact, ...
- 02 Feb 2022, 18:13
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Dvorak Cello Concerto publication
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24546
Re: Dvorak Cello Concerto publication
Knut and I commented on this misuse of standard musical terminology when Dorico first came out. It really bothers me because it is so difficult to get students to think of individual melodic voices creating harmony without this new confusion in terminology. I think that "layer" is perfect...
- 01 Feb 2022, 19:18
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: cross staff gliss + hairpin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3822
Re: cross staff gliss + hairpin
As I've said in another post, I do most of my work on music that is to be sight-read. So hear my perspective through that lens. Where possible, I prefer the Vaughan Williams example. It's easily readable and the information is where the performer expects to find it. I generally dislike angled hairpi...
- 24 Jan 2022, 18:54
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enhanced tacet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6599
Re: Enhanced tacet
Arnstein's parts "played themselves" as he used to say because they were foolproof. Nothing bad would happen if the conductor forgot to give a cue, because they weren't reliant on the conductor, and none of the parts came back with added cues by the player. I almost reported this post bec...
- 24 Jan 2022, 03:04
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enhanced tacet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6599
Re: Enhanced tacet
The point was to make the part absolutely fool-proof. No need for the player to consult the score and put in the their own cues, as one often sees in parts that come back from rehearsals. Thank you, John! This is so often overlooked by copyists. I understand that publishers sometimes want to conden...
- 18 Jan 2022, 18:00
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enhanced tacet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6599
Re: Enhanced tacet
As somebody who primarily works in recording situations where time is money, I am wary putting anything in front of musicians that doesn't clearly match what they are accustomed to seeing unless it's very clear what is intended. Changing the format of the rests or these "enhanced tacets" s...
- 11 Jan 2022, 22:27
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Little presentation with a tool
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1723
Re: Little presentation with a tool
Thank you for sharing!
- 12 Dec 2021, 00:33
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Rhythm question please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11149
Re: Rhythm question please
Second is definitely clearer.
If you did want to keep the tie, I'd break the second beam under it; and perhaps reverse it to keep the subdivisions clear.
If you did want to keep the tie, I'd break the second beam under it; and perhaps reverse it to keep the subdivisions clear.
- 01 Aug 2018, 03:16
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Hand copiedf part from - when?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12015
Re: Hand copiedf part from - when?
I hate to be negative, but that's a bad part. This and a project I worked last week where I had to pull out some old Hollywood parts to recopy are harsh reminders that things weren't always better in the "good old days".