NOTATIO

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...

FWIW I see Boulez in his directions for the vibraphone refers to vibrato in various ways: thus sans vibrato , vibrato lent , vibrato normal , vibrato moyen and so on. However, given that directions in English (including my own - see screenshot) usually refer to ‘motor on’ &c, a direct French tra...

Like this then? The direction col canto allows the singer some freedom immediately after the pausa. The first bar of the next system is marked giusto.

Should the pausa (fermata) in the voice part at bar 126 be on a crotchet (quarter) rest to be the same as in the instrumental parts, or is it OK as it is? ( = 96)

FWIW I have usually employed a wavy gliss line for trombone glissandi taking up all or most of the value of the starting note and a straight line to indicate a quick quasi-portamento glissando at the end of the first note. This notation is not actively recommended by any authority, but in my case it...

I've decided to add a cautionary accidental to the first note, which should be sufficient help, without muddying the waters too much. I added a cautionary reminder of the E flat in the key signature after an F sharp (Soprano voice bar 191 - crotchet = 54). Most of the preceding eight minutes or so ...

Oh, if only I weren't so old! (due to be 83 in February). If I weren't, I'm sure I would be using Dorico by now with (perhaps) something like the same fluency as Michel. However, I still feel reluctant to make the change, to the extent that if Finale becomes unusable on whatever hardware I use in fu...

To me it all looks fine (and easy to read) in the score, but I suspect others may disagree.

… … …But I'd also like them to follow the rule of flattening the succeeding notes because the passage is moving downward.… … … I'm not sure how strongly that need apply when you have a sharp key signature. Even without a key signature, I think it might depend on the general musical context. Any suc...

Once at the top and once above the piano, and I should have both iterations the same size.