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by Schonbergian
13 Dec 2023, 03:25
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: What a difference a line makes!
Replies: 10
Views: 147019

Re: What a difference a line makes!

I don't find the extension line on "For" to serve any real purpose - the left-aligned lyric text should be enough for a melisma that only covers that much horizontal space. For "Christ" it definitely aids in readability. I am very partial to the Baerenreiter custom of placing pun...
by Schonbergian
12 Jul 2023, 17:26
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
Replies: 39
Views: 80926

Re: Fonts for Lyrics

I'd try to show a little bit of an extension line in those tied notes: bb. 60, 63. I did a bit of work for a publisher recently; and while their output is not generally anything to shout about, they were insistent that there was always the slightest bit of an extension line, even if it meant moving...
by Schonbergian
28 Jun 2023, 16:15
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: How crowded a SSATB score should be?
Replies: 6
Views: 11683

Re: How crowded a SSATB score should be?

Older scores would often place the dynamics on the stave to solve this sort of issue. I believe it is a very favourable solution.
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by Schonbergian
11 Feb 2023, 02:35
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Slurs Ugly or necessary?
Replies: 9
Views: 7923

Re: Slurs Ugly or necessary?

I prefer the voices to be split in hymns, as is done in all the highest-quality English hymnals. It makes reading the independent progression of each part much easier as a singer.
by Schonbergian
15 Nov 2022, 02:16
Forum: Texts&Blogs
Topic: Edition of Scarlatti K. 2
Replies: 8
Views: 7777

Re: Edition of Scarlatti K. 2

It continues to astound me that these works are not more well-known by pianists today. As an outsider to the piano world, it always seems like anything before Beethoven and Schubert (with the exception of Bach) tends to get the short end of the stick. I wonder how much of that is the issue with edit...
by Schonbergian
09 Oct 2022, 01:49
Forum: Texts&Blogs
Topic: The biggest scandal in music publishing
Replies: 32
Views: 29484

Re: The biggest scandal in music publishing

Generally I find most piano fingerings for Baroque music to be over-fussy, but the simplified fingerings that one can use on the harpsichord and organ are not always practicable because the modern piano takes longer to speak and variety in articulation is more easily expressed through force rather t...
by Schonbergian
11 Dec 2021, 16:00
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Notating a bar
Replies: 17
Views: 18672

Re: Notating a bar

Vierne, Pieces de fantaisie - Cathédrales:
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by Schonbergian
11 Dec 2021, 15:48
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Notating a bar
Replies: 17
Views: 18672

Re: Notating a bar

Widor, Symphonie No. 7:

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If played as written, the passage is practically impossible, let alone playable with any sense of legato. Divided intuitively, it is straightforward.
by Schonbergian
09 Dec 2021, 22:24
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Notating a bar
Replies: 17
Views: 18672

Re: Notating a bar

But in my experience, the note distribution in piano music written by the finest composers (=great musical thinker) who were also fine pianists is almost always the best distribution. The reason is that they didn't compose music and then fit it to the hands of a pianist. The composition and the act...
by Schonbergian
04 Dec 2021, 13:57
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Notating a bar
Replies: 17
Views: 18672

Re: Notating a bar

I would remove the rests in the latter third of the measure as they add visual clutter and the beaming already conveys distribution between the hands.