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- 29 Aug 2022, 12:54
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: MuseScore 4 - engraving improvements
- Replies: 2
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MuseScore 4 - engraving improvements
MuseScore have release a second public 'alpha' of version 4. Still very much in development (has the schedule slipped? - I thought it was due earlier this year.) ; but there are some notable improvements to engraving, listed in this document here: https://musescore.org/en/node/330793 (Document is ac...
- 26 Aug 2022, 21:20
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
- Replies: 8
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Re: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
I use FontLab, which can export to a variety of formats that others, including FontForge, can read. The "UFO" file in the Sebastian github repository should be readable by FontForge. FontLab is "the Finale of fonts". It's a bit clunky, with a terrible interface, and various legac...
- 25 Aug 2022, 17:49
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
- Replies: 8
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Re: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
Yes, you could swap it in (though you might have to manually set the stem anchors). TBH, even if you swapped in a glyph of a different width, the differences are so small that there is usually sufficient 'play' in any given system to accommodate them. Even if you swapped in Engraver for Bravura, you...
- 25 Aug 2022, 15:04
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: "ad lib"bowing
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Re: "ad lib"bŏwing
It's in SMuFL, as an alternate, with the word "Pricope" beside it. I've no idea what that means. A composer/theorist?
I would certainly guess that it was a down/up symbol.
I would certainly guess that it was a down/up symbol.
- 25 Aug 2022, 15:02
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
- Replies: 8
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Re: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
Yes. I'll try. It might depend on the optical size, e.g. large or small staff height.
- 23 Aug 2022, 16:53
- Forum: Texts&Blogs
- Topic: Frescobaldi's Fiori musicali
- Replies: 3
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Re: Frescobaldi's Fiori musicali
That's what I've been playing from. There's also a free edition, which is a bit far apart, but quite clear; though there are some wrong notes and the inner voices have been swapped about a bit. The original print is written out on four staves, so there should be no doubt about the lines. I just thou...
- 23 Aug 2022, 10:37
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
- Replies: 8
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Re: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
Well, I've spent some time making a few adjustments: a slight increase in width, to 329 (thus the same width as Bravura); in contrast to 320 for the black notehead. Smoothing the outer curves, and making the cut-out shape straighter at the sides, with tighter curves at the end. Shallower angle, too....
- 22 Aug 2022, 09:23
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
- Replies: 8
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Half-note (Minim) notehead shape
Following on from recent discussions about the shape of the half-note's notehead, I thought I'd start a new thread specifically on that subject. I've compared some other fonts I have. Here is Partita , which I think was a direct scan of SCORE glyphs (hence the blocky edges); Wess's Vintage GHMA , wh...
- 22 Aug 2022, 08:33
- Forum: Texts&Blogs
- Topic: Frescobaldi's Fiori musicali
- Replies: 3
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Frescobaldi's Fiori musicali
I've been playing through Frescobaldi's Fiori musicali - keyboard music from 1635, mostly organ pieces for use in the mass.
Lovely stuff. Possibly ripe for an edition!
Lovely stuff. Possibly ripe for an edition!
- 22 Aug 2022, 08:13
- Forum: Texts&Blogs
- Topic: Edition of Scarlatti K. 1
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15419
Re: Edition of Scarlatti K. 1
Scarlatti Sonata K. 1 My edition and the first edition appear after the commentary. Thank you for this, John. Your beams seem to be 'darker' than most (which works very well): are they different? I've recently bought a sample library of a 1738 Harpsichord, and I've just played it through on that; i...