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p.s. otherwise, just removing these slashes makes the perfect sense for me for the moment.

IMHO I think it is overnotated. The slashes here don't have any function, since it is perfectly valid rhythm, and the player will be forced to play it exactly. (if you don't want to be played exactly, you can write rubato - but the question is if it is possible in the overall texture). I would find ...

There was a discussion about placement of the in the measure (centring it), here in Messiaen we have a similar idea: Quite interesting!

Yes, that is very common in the contemporary music. They usually means a free rhythm, free tempo, or simplyfing the notation picture. So for instance to write a very complex tuplet it is just shown a group of notes with the slash. The bigger slash is not different from the smaller slash, it is just ...

MJCube wrote:I follow older practice and use a roman font for markings that set the tempo and italics for tempo modifications.

What sizes and styles you use? Italic = size, bold?

I think that working in the Scroll View has problem with spacing, so numerous things will look differently in the Page View. That is what I remember, but I might have misunderstood how to do it properly.

A question to engravers that deals with numerous staves (large orchestra files, numerous divisis): Do you first work in Scroll View and than when everything is typed, move to Page View? ------------------------------------------------ Yes. Staff sets can be a big help. The exact same question I hav...

The Most editions have on separat staves each instrument.

There are two ways to create the parts: - Parts that consist of multiple-instrument parts (such as Flute 1 & 2, or Trombones 1, 2, 3). - However, today many computer engraved scores consists of single-instrument parts only. Once I created a part with "Flute 1 & 2" and the orchestra...

Thank you for the input!

tisimst wrote:2. The placement of the initial accent (not a huge fan of it in the staff lines, but yours is clear). Putting it just below the staff also gives the slur something to point to so it doesn't feel so far away from the note.

Excellent!!