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by David Ward
26 Mar 2024, 22:03
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: single note or tied note question (syncopation)
Replies: 6
Views: 116

Re: single note or tied note question (syncopation)

I would personally find the single value (vln. 2) clear and simple, and I would expect to write it; but I'm not certain of the officially approved (by whom?) rule.
by David Ward
24 Mar 2024, 10:10
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Scores in C or transposing?
Replies: 10
Views: 287

Scores in C or transposing?

Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen posted this on Twitter (X) this morning: “Note to all composers: write your scores in C. The usual octave transpositions are OK. I spent 6 weeks deciphering the chords in Elektra. After that I decided I’ll not put any conductor colleagues through that unneces...
by David Ward
21 Mar 2024, 17:02
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Lyrics in foreign language: italics of not?
Replies: 13
Views: 521

Re: Lyrics in foreign language: italics of not?

As a BTW addendum, in Scottish, English and Irish poetry &c, ‘adieu’ has usually been pronounced rather differently from the French word, although generations younger than mine (I'm 83) seem inclined to pronounce it as if French, even when they are speaking English. I wonder how it is pronounced...
by David Ward
11 Mar 2024, 19:41
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Subito indications?
Replies: 7
Views: 236

Re: Subito indications?

Thanks, David. It might in some cases, but do you have a preference if there are no special considerations? I think since I've been using computer notation (2001) that I've usually placed the dynamic before the subito . I think I did the same in manuscript fair copies, but I'll need to check to be ...
by David Ward
11 Mar 2024, 12:07
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Subito indications?
Replies: 7
Views: 236

Re: Subito indications?

John Ruggero wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 11:43And which form is more common in the past and today: subito :piano and sub. :piano or :piano subito and :piano sub. etc.?
Might that, sometimes at least, depend more on space or alignment with other things than on any absolute preference?
by David Ward
06 Mar 2024, 14:27
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Lyrics: to uppercase or not to uppercase?
Replies: 4
Views: 216

Re: Lyrics: to uppercase or not to uppercase?

FWIW in the many thousands of words I've set over the last seven decades, I've always tried to keep the capitalization and punctuation the same as in the original. Sometimes there has been no capitalization, sometimes almost no punctuation and sometimes everything has been as near standard (includin...
by David Ward
05 Mar 2024, 19:33
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Gould's Repeat Mark-Clef Rule
Replies: 16
Views: 537

Re: Gould's Repeat Mark-Clef Rule

Very interesting. I don't often write repeats; but I've checked a manuscript of mine from the 1980s which has repeats coinciding with clef changes, and I did not use the Gould/Dorico notation for that. I agree, the Gould/Dorico way at first sight gives the sense of an extra bar between the repeat si...
by David Ward
03 Mar 2024, 16:16
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Alignment of lyric hyphens
Replies: 4
Views: 190

Re: Alignment of lyric hyphens

benwiggy wrote: 03 Mar 2024, 15:50That having been said, if you are going to change anything, I'd suggest hyphenating 'secrets' as 'se - crets'.
You are correct: thank you.
by David Ward
03 Mar 2024, 14:59
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Alignment of lyric hyphens
Replies: 4
Views: 190

Re: Alignment of lyric hyphens

Thank you: I thought it looked a little odd. A question I should perhaps now ask myself is how much effort ought I to put into changing a passing minor ‘engraving’ problem on one page of a 315 page full score from 2012? (This problem arises from a recent edit.) There are a couple of other places whe...
by David Ward
02 Mar 2024, 22:00
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Alignment of lyric hyphens
Replies: 4
Views: 190

Alignment of lyric hyphens

This is how Finale has spaced the hyphens for two versions of a vocal line on the same stave (depending on how long-breathed the singer might be :4 = 60). It goes across three pages in the full score, with the hyphens of the two versions misaligned vertically on the middle page. Does this misalignme...