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- 02 May 2023, 21:19
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Italian question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 29948
Re: Italian question
wouldn't "sordini/sordino" mean without using the SOFT pedal, rather than without the damper pedal? anyone debating this may have some linguistic and pianistic problems that aren't related to Beethoven's notation. I was taught that the movement was meant to be played pp, but without the a...
- 30 Apr 2023, 17:28
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: harp notation question (glissando and rests)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2124
Re: harp notation question (glissando and rests)
My own practice (and I have written harp parts in many pieces) in this situation is to have the same rests in both staves and only to have rests for when the harp is not playing in either. I don't know whether or not this is correct; but it works. I think the hairpin and dynamics are OK, but it's no...
- 30 Apr 2023, 17:21
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Dotted minim (half) rest?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3433
Re: Dotted minim (half) rest?
out of curiosity, is there a comma missing after the first word "Rain"? it's unusual to see twice the same word without a comma between them. I am following (as far as possible) the poet's (general lack of) punctuation. The line “Rain rain rain” is a recurring one. The poem has been writt...
- 28 Apr 2023, 22:41
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Dotted minim (half) rest?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3433
Re: Dotted minim (half) rest?
Thank you.
- 28 Apr 2023, 09:41
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Dotted minim (half) rest?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3433
Dotted minim (half) rest?
I don't usually use dotted minim (half) rests in 4/4, but do people agree that such a rest is clearest here? (I want the pedal to be released for the final silent beat.)
- 23 Apr 2023, 18:55
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Commentary on crowded page
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6449
Re: Commentary on crowded page
To me it does not look too dense. However, I don't work with US paper sizes, so I may be misjudging. FWIW, at a quick trial it is nearly the same width on my MacBook screen as a B4 page, and is easily legible on that screen. I've certainly seen more dense full scores. The 3 x divided violins are per...
- 22 Apr 2023, 09:13
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: one Dorico "Defect"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11937
Re: one Dorico "Defect"
Out of curiosity I've just checked an MS score of my own from about 25 years ago in which Clarinet 2 doubles Alto Sax. Even in my manuscript I seem to have kept the Sax in the Clar 2 position. As far as I know, this causes no confusion to anybody; but it's probably not best standardized practice. Fr...
- 21 Apr 2023, 21:37
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: one Dorico "Defect"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11937
Re: one Dorico "Defect"
Score order is nowadays very close to standard, but it certainly was not always so. In Wagner operas the order can vary from passage to passage, even page to page, according to how the instruments are being used, which must have been a nightmare for the original copyists (and would likely be an even...
- 21 Apr 2023, 14:55
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: one Dorico "Defect"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11937
Re: one Dorico "Defect"
I don't think there's anything inherently ‘wrong’ in an absolute sense with having the Piccolo below the Flute(s) in a score. Ricordi full scores of Verdi and of most of Puccini place the Piccolo below the Flutes, as do some other full scores on my shelves from reputable publishers. However, it is i...
- 19 Apr 2023, 21:16
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: harp gliss notation question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4888
Re: harp gliss notation question
My choice would be to notate both starting octaves in full; but I don't know whether or not that is officially correct.