NOTATIO

DatOrganistTho wrote: Lilypond's default output is such. Still don't understand how default outputs are undesired and sausage like My goodness, when did I ever say that LilyPond's slurs were sausage-like? I said there was a danger that slurs in general could become sausage-like IF slur tips got too...

DatOrganistTho wrote: So old fashioned scores and their engravings are inferior because they look like sausages (the natural result of plate engraving)? No, well-done hand engraved slurs do not look like sausages because good balance between thick and thin is maintained. I think that the slurs in H...

John is right. As I see it, there are two main problems when trying to simulate plate engraved slurs in a scoring application: 1. Generally, plate engraved slurs vary in thickness (shorter slurs are thinner than longer slurs), and this variable is impossible to recreate in most scoring apps without...

However, the slur should have a nice thin-thick-thin balance or it looks more like a sausage rather than an something artfully drawn on the page. I'm asking a legitimate question here: So old fashioned scores and their engravings are inferior because they look like sausages (the natural result of p...

To be fair, I believe it is a bit much, precisely because of references already made. But the serious consideration I have is that any amount of relative dynamics beyond the typical pppp and ffff begs a serious logical question: What is the point of dynamics anyway, if it were so pernicious to chall...

I also like a definite ending for slurs and have my slur tips set to .05 spaces which is a little thicker than the 1 EVPU sometimes suggested. And it could certainly be thicker still. However, as the tip becomes thicker so does the rest of the ending part of the slur, which might lead to a very thi...

I think it's perfectly acceptable to write as many dynamics and invent whatever devices you so choose if you think it is reasonable. Isn't that what music notation is all about? Re-inventing convention and normalizing the hopelessly asinine. Right?

+1 For LilyPond making it beautiful both times! This may be a question for a different forum, but I'm actually quite fond of blunt tips on the slurs. I guess I've played from enough Finale scores to be sick of the infinitesimally-thin endings which leave me feeling anemic and much to be desired. Wha...

John Ruggero wrote:He often says "tutta la forza" in connection with these extreme dynamics. And there are accent marks that are similar: sFFFFFF. All of this is excessive, to say the least.
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Why do you think it is excessive?

I love music libraries like that. I'm looking at them now. I definitely want to get my own copies! They're really well done. Also, there are some INTENSE slurs in a few of these! image.jpeg They are FABULOUS. I love studying them, and the decisions that engravers made - it's no wonder that general ...