NOTATIO

except amalgamating rests on 3-4 and 5-6 turns the notation into 3/2, which is "wrong" in this particular context.

I keep getting tripped up by this rule, about amalgamating or not before and after beats in compound time. So I have a bar of 6/4 | :t :4 :4r :4r :5d | (imagine that this last one is actually a dotted half note rest, and not a dotted note) Can I, or must I not, amalgamate those two quarter note rest...

I find it odd (without seeing more of the excerpt in question) that the slur in the violin part (1st example you posted) stops at the A, the first time the pattern is played, but extends to the staccato G the 2nd time the pattern is played. To me, that isn't particularly precise notation. Besides, u...

It always seems so odd to me. I refuse to use a laptop simply because the screen is far too small, and I hate the constrained feeling of the tiny flat keyboard. I always upgrade my computer to a powerful desktop, never to a laptop. But then, I work from home, so I never really need to be on the road...

I just tend to avoid this type of notation, even if it's relatively standard, for the simple reason that black notes and white notes are hard to tell apart. I go by the adages that "legibility is the absolute goal" and "screw tradition, when it actually adds nothing to comprehension.&...

it doesn't matter anymore anyways.
MakeMusic declared that they were changing it so there would be no limit for the authorization.

I don't know if it really was an original manuscript, but the Clara Schumann piano concerto "manuscript" score I looked at had absolutely no condensing at all, no flutes, oboes, bassoon, horns, nothing.

I was wondering if SmartMusic would also die if Finale went the way of the dodo.

I think the underlying thing is, all of these Finale users will still, in the end, have to consider making the change to another engraving/composing platform.
Remaining with Finale will, in the end, only be dragging out the painful and difficult truth of Finale's demise.

I mistook "owners of Finale" to be people who own the software, i.e. the users. You were referring to MakeMusic, the developers of Finale. My apologies if I offended you. Apology accepted :) I've added a tiny correction to my post to avoid any future misunderstandings if someone should co...