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by erelievonen
05 Aug 2018, 11:46
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Notation of the repetition across multiple tempi changes
Replies: 4
Views: 9031

Re: Notation of the repetition across multiple tempi changes

I also would like to help, but I cannot get a clear enough picture of what you're trying to notate. Maybe a little hand-written sketch would help us? What is "the phrase" like? Just short repeated motive? What rhythm is "the initial simple rhythm"? If the phrase "is not acco...
by erelievonen
02 Jul 2018, 10:51
Forum: Documents
Topic: A Checklist for Making Parts
Replies: 3
Views: 15134

Re: A Checklist for Making Parts

This should definitely be added there:

Check that every fermata is present in every part.
by erelievonen
21 Jun 2018, 09:30
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: A modern looking score in 2018?
Replies: 54
Views: 79720

Re: A modern looking score in 2018?

An analogy, in musical notation, for the difference between serif and sans-serif fonts could be the use of curved flags vs. straight flags . For example, straight flags have been used since the 1950s by Universal Edition in the scores of Boulez, Stockhausen et al. These scores used straight (diagona...
by erelievonen
29 Mar 2018, 23:21
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Composers vs. Engravers: Logic pt 2
Replies: 11
Views: 14519

Re: Composers vs. Engravers: Logic pt 2

How would you explain the A natural in the second half of m. 45? By analogy with the sequence in the following measures, shouldn't it be better notated as B double-flat? Isn't it a chromatic upper neighboring note to the A flat in m. 46?
by erelievonen
27 Mar 2018, 22:57
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Composers vs. Engravers: Logic pt 2
Replies: 11
Views: 14519

Re: Composers vs. Engravers: Logic pt 2

(Note that the last beat of m. 5 and the last beat of m. 8 are exactly the same notes in both hands so the 12 chromatic passing tones in between are simply bringing the last beat of m. 5 down one octave: three measures X four beats = 12 beats and 12 chromatic steps.) As far as I can see, the last b...
by erelievonen
18 Feb 2018, 10:09
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: "Lead" voice moves around ensemble
Replies: 3
Views: 5435

Re: "Lead" voice moves around ensemble

If you mark the lead voice forte and the accompanying voices piano (or something similar), it would be clear which is the lead voice even without Hauptstimme signs.
by erelievonen
17 Feb 2018, 22:18
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Incomplete tuplets - yes or no?
Replies: 6
Views: 9622

Re: Incomplete tuplets - yes or no?

There’s a lot of modern scores that are waaaaay “worse” than the samples shown here. That's beside the point. In this specific example, it's entirely pointless to use incomplete triplets, as the same rhythms could be written using regular complete triplets. And my question was: "is it even des...
by erelievonen
16 Feb 2018, 11:38
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Incomplete tuplets - yes or no?
Replies: 6
Views: 9622

Incomplete tuplets - yes or no?

There seems to exist a notation software that can natively notate incomplete tuplets. If I'm not mistaken, the program in question is Encore. (I did not compose these, neither have I ever used Encore myself.) If we accept the non-standard rhythmical notation, then these measures are mathematically c...
by erelievonen
14 Nov 2017, 20:12
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: The treble clef as handwritten by great composers
Replies: 56
Views: 82344

Re: The treble clef as handwritten by great composers

But I think that Ere might be pointing out the additional paradox that the beauty of the handwriting and quality of the notational practice are also not aligned. That was exactly my (somewhat disguised) point - it being the logical conclusion if one combines John's former motto (which I alluded to)...
by erelievonen
12 Nov 2017, 15:54
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: The treble clef as handwritten by great composers
Replies: 56
Views: 82344

Re: The treble clef as handwritten by great composers

John Ruggero wrote: 12 Nov 2017, 15:14 I agree, OCTO. So far, Arensky seems to be the winner. But one also notices that there is no correlation between the beauty of the handwriting and the quality of the music.
"The better the handwriting, the better the composer."
Or not.