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I think the OP meant to write in string numbers (III, II - eg. sul D, sul G) rather than fingerings, but it seems not idiomatic all the same.

And, they'll play it however they deem most comfortable, regardless. I would venture to guess that the awkward string crossings you want are rather uncomfortable.

Well, you could change the quarter note to an eighth note and an eighth note rest plus add the direction "secco". There are also various articulations you could use, however, you need to be careful they don't encourage the player to play louder than p (unless that's what you want). I suppo...

No, at least I've never seen it notated as such.

I would suggest that if you are going to send your PDF parts and score to an orchestra that you not password-protect them. Librarians need to make practice parts for the strings and often need several scores (for assistant conductor, bowings, technical staff, etc.). A professional librarian would ne...

benwiggy wrote: ↑11 Oct 2019, 13:00 Definitely the lower one: the text is not obstructed by the staff lines. I'd even move the lower text further away.

Ditto

Normally I wouldn't either, but this looks so clear and uncluttered that I might make an exception.

Merriam-webster is incorrect.

Create a blank measure, hide the default rest, make it narrow enough to only show the cautionary clef and adjust measure numbers.

Recently, I have found it necessary to reduce note size slightly for cramped ledger line notes so the ledger lines don't touch, since Finale doesn't allow for different ledger line lengths in the same document. I believe Robert Patterson has a plug-in (possibly only in a beta version) that does exa...