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I have an 88 key keyboard at home, so it's not an issue there, it was just the incongruity of being able to enter what I see for every instrument, unless it was an octave transposing instrument, and then I needed to transpose. Entering at transposed pitch should be transposed pitch for all.

A few stream of consciousness comments ... There are several standard conventions regarding fonts that you aren't adhering to. Tempo indications are typically a bold Roman font. Dynamic text indications like cresc., dim., etc. are usually an italic Roman font. The systemic bar numbers are usually an...

I finally found a copy of this with some minor cover damage for a non-ridiculous price. It is a very cool book! Neither are in collectable condition, but I now have the Notations / Notations 21 set!

Yeah, the octave thing had been one of my gripes for years. It always seemed completely inconsistent that I could enter an instrument that transposes at a 9th at written pitch, but not one that transposes at an 8th. Really happy to see this option! I already have a 3:2 tuplet shortcut hacked in, so ...

So I found a rare book dealer that was selling some original folios from Diderot's famous "Encyclopédie," published between 1751 and 1772. He happened to have the folios on music engraving so I bought them. DiderotSmall-1.jpg DiderotSmall-2.jpg DiderotSmall-3.jpg DiderotSmall-4.jpg Diderot...

No half rests in 3/4. Same in 6/4 or 9/4 etc.; only dotted half rests. The no half rests in 3/4 is certainly a hard-and-fast rule except for the fermata exception you mentioned, but not so for multiples of 3/4 as a long string of quarter rests can be disorienting and obscure the meter. It's ok to c...

A bit off topic for your actual query, but the title of the thread got me wondering when ties were first used. For anyone curious, Rastall's book says the following:

Are any manuscripts by that composer available? I'd be curious if that practice is reflected in the manuscripts as well, or if it is a "house style" of the publisher/engraver. Do other publications from the publisher around the same time period use that practice?

Don't you think that Sibelius might have the same end like Finale in the next 10 years or so? A few years ago I would have said yes. Avid seems to have some renewed interest in it though, and it is being actively being developed again, so I don't really know. MuseScore is crushing the educational m...

I haven't thought about this in a while, but here's what I've been defaulting to in Dorico: