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by Christof Schardt
21 Nov 2022, 10:43
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Engraving Stenhammars Interlude from Cantata The Song (Sången)
Replies: 13
Views: 9257

Re: Engraving Stenhammars Interlude from Cantata The Song (Sången)

Flauto 1: just some arbitrary details: 1. bar 6: "p dolce" I would prefer it on a common baseline 2. bar 7: slur should be closer approaching the end note (slur could be perfectly symmetric) 3. bar 30: a bar rest within stafflines should be attached to a staffrule instead of hanging free b...
by Christof Schardt
03 May 2022, 05:15
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Melisima long ending notes using extenders in lyrics
Replies: 2
Views: 1380

Re: Melisima long ending notes using extenders in lyrics

Simple Rule: Use extender in lyrics, if it is the last or only syllable of a word and spans more than one note.
Exception: Omit it, if it gets very short.
by Christof Schardt
15 Jan 2022, 12:10
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enhanced tacet
Replies: 18
Views: 5794

Re: Enhanced tacet

You understand it perfectly. It is kind of cue, that was the reason for a small staff.
The alternatives that I consider are those:

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and the same again but with interrupted staff lines:
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by Christof Schardt
11 Jan 2022, 15:29
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enhanced tacet
Replies: 18
Views: 5794

Enhanced tacet

A Graupner Cantata is being prepared to be debut-performed by the Thomaner-Chor, Leipzig. The editor and engraver - himself a conductor - wants to provide parts, which help the player to follow the music easily. So when a voice has a tacet-piece, instead of the usual "tacet" text he provid...
by Christof Schardt
25 Oct 2021, 20:41
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Music Pubisher Software
Replies: 25
Views: 13301

Re: Music Pubisher Software

Amadeus? Is that their in-house one? No, not in-house. Amadeus was a brilliant program, which initially was delivered on a DMA-dongle for Atari-Computers including an operating system 'idris' (unix like) and producing excellent engraved scores, en par with Score, the only real competitor at that ti...
by Christof Schardt
16 Oct 2021, 23:21
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Beaming across the beat &c
Replies: 2
Views: 1919

Re: Beaming across the beat &c

The bars 107 to 110 contain a threefold slow down on an identical rhythmical pattern. This is, was dominates the music here. And the beaming reflects that exactly. So this makes sense in my opinion. A division at the beat would not only bring clutter, it would also make the rhythmical idea of that s...
by Christof Schardt
16 Dec 2020, 14:48
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'
Replies: 10
Views: 6432

Re: Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'

Thanks for all the suggestions an comments. My application case is the notation of christian-orthodox church music. The reason for me to look for a single term is profane: PriMus 2.0 will support this notation easier and better and for that it would be helpful to have a short term rather than a long...
by Christof Schardt
15 Dec 2020, 17:28
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'
Replies: 10
Views: 6432

Term for the opposite of 'Melisma'

Several notes sung over over a single Syllable is referred to as Melisma.
But what about the opposite, i.e. several words written under a single note?
Is there a coined term too?
by Christof Schardt
20 Jul 2019, 14:31
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Vocal score
Replies: 8
Views: 10271

Re: Vocal score

RMK wrote: 20 Jul 2019, 13:28 Are you saying that six against four is impossible?
The left hand has to play some bass notes and isn't likely to help out. So the two 16th-sequences are required to be handled by the right hand. And yes, I don't regard this as reasonable. The arranger has to decide to pick one of both.
by Christof Schardt
20 Jul 2019, 12:03
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Vocal score
Replies: 8
Views: 10271

Re: Vocal score

An observation: The clarinet is indicated as B-flat-instrument, but the key signature is C rather than D. Is that score page correct?

For the piano reduction: shouldn't the clarinet 6-tuplets be dropped anyway, since there is no reasonable way to join the line with the piano right hand?