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by MJCube
25 Oct 2016, 12:51
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Beaming conventions
Replies: 29
Views: 28449

Re: Beaming conventions

However, when such patterns appear in solo or chamber music, it would depend on what the composer is expressing. I can imagine cases where secondary beam breaks would be visually disruptive and suggest an inner accentuation where none is desired. Examples by JS Bach come to mind: … But what is your...
by MJCube
24 Oct 2016, 01:16
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Beaming conventions
Replies: 29
Views: 28449

Re: Beaming conventions

Thanks, John – I like it! What is your opinion of breaking the secondary beams for the last eight 32nd notes?
by MJCube
22 Oct 2016, 18:53
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Cautionary clef when strings divide?
Replies: 4
Views: 7223

Re: Cautionary clef when strings divide?

Tricky case. I would avoid showing the clef by writing the unison material on the 2nd Cello staff for at least that system.

This would be fine in the part if there is a system break in the same place, but if not, then you have a whole other problem.
by MJCube
22 Oct 2016, 18:47
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Beaming conventions
Replies: 29
Views: 28449

Re: Beaming conventions

Most people today seem to prefer (as John says) a dot on a down-stem line-note to go in the space below. I generally do not prefer this; it continues to look strange and wrong to me even after over a quarter century working with computer software. But in the particular case of this excerpt the lower...
by MJCube
21 Oct 2016, 19:08
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Beaming on Sibelius VS Finale
Replies: 6
Views: 9944

Re: Beaming on Sibelius VS Finale

I have always seen the same misalignment whether I zoom in Sib itself or any PDF viewing engine.
by MJCube
20 Oct 2016, 14:38
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico
Replies: 63
Views: 62828

Re: Dorico

It’s no surprise that the 1.0 release of Dorico lacks some customizing capabilities such as fine-tuning spacing, that we in this forum relish. We are a niche market, even within music copying. Just think of all the music professionals out there who will never touch such controls — precisely because ...
by MJCube
20 Oct 2016, 14:19
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Beaming on Sibelius VS Finale
Replies: 6
Views: 9944

Re: Beaming on Sibelius VS Finale

I noticed this as soon as I zoomed in past 400% in Sibelius 1.4 back in 2000. I find this tiny misalignment is NEVER an issue when reading at any reasonable size, either printed on paper or in PDF. It’s just not perceptible.
by MJCube
23 Sep 2016, 13:06
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: [LilyPond] Strait slurs and more.
Replies: 11
Views: 16967

Re: [LilyPond] Strait slurs and more.

Great news! Weird examples. Perhaps someone can post in this thread a more practical example of what Lilypond can do with a slur now that it couldn’t before.
by MJCube
12 Sep 2016, 14:25
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Pausing in Debussy
Replies: 8
Views: 11664

Re: Pausing in Debussy

I’m in favor of dotted rests when: a. the value is the beat (e.g. :4dr in 6/8) b. the value is a sensible division of a long bar (e.g. :5d rest in 12/8)* c. combined with one or more pickup notes they constitute a beat (e.g. :3dr :2 in 4/4) I haven’t thought this through quite thoroughly, so probabl...
by MJCube
12 Sep 2016, 13:47
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Single note-measure placement
Replies: 12
Views: 16762

Re: Single note-measure placement

[Off topic:] I got Sibelius 1.4 at the end of 2000 and stopped taking Finale work in early 2004. There was no comparison in ease of use. I had gotten to know Finale quite well in the 1990s, from v. 1.0 on. In early 1989 I spent weeks editing a 9-page letter to the company (then Coda Music Software) ...