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- 15 Jul 2023, 09:32
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
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Re: Fonts for Lyrics
In m. 60 specifically, the slur is almost invisible, making the reader second guess what they are seeing! Would angling the slur like this make it clearer? It is actually rather more visible on the printed copy than in the screenshot. That said, given the increasing us of iPads &c (especially b...
- 14 Jul 2023, 09:42
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
- Views: 96793
Re: Fonts for Lyrics
I'd try to show a little bit of an extension line in those tied notes: bb. 60, 63. I did a bit of work for a publisher recently; and while their output is not generally anything to shout about, they were insistent that there was always the slightest bit of an extension line, even if it meant moving...
- 11 Jul 2023, 10:33
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
- Views: 96793
Re: Fonts for Lyrics
Heavens! Yes, spam.
I somehow didn't notice the link… I hope I would not have been foolish enough to click on it, not that I have any wish to acquire a ‘durag’ (whatever that is).
- 11 Jul 2023, 10:17
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Fonts for Lyrics
- Replies: 39
- Views: 96793
Re: Fonts for Lyrics
It turns out I was responding to a spam e-mail added yesterday(?) to an old thread, but I'll leave my response here (unless people would rather I deleted it). * * * Recently I've found Adobe Garamond Pro seems to suit my needs as a composer. Here it is on a page from a modest piece for two voices an...
- 04 Jul 2023, 13:18
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Ossia: Finale versus Dorico
- Replies: 10
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Re: Ossia: Finale versus Dorico
In Finale there seem to be two approaches that can work. 1) One can add an extra stave throughout a file for the ossia which one then hides everywhere except where needed. This can cause temporary confusion if the ossia is a late addition, as can often be the case, to a score with an otherwise fully...
- 03 Jul 2023, 13:17
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Ossia: Finale versus Dorico
- Replies: 10
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Ossia: Finale versus Dorico
How fluently does Dorico do this sort of thing, done here in Finale 26.3 where although possible it is a bit of a fiddle? (FYI crotchet [quarter] = 54)
- 27 Jun 2023, 19:07
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: What does this symbol mean?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15055
Re: What does this symbol mean?
Is this for electric or amplified guitar? If so, might it possibly relate to use of the amplifier?
- 23 Jun 2023, 10:10
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Behind Bars - "General Conventions"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18275
Re: Behind Bars - "General Conventions"
One would hope that the greater connection (connexion?) that we all have with each other would bring more standardization -- in notation, too, as well as language. I'm a bit wary of standardization. When I was young (I'm now 82) one could identify the nationality of an orchestra on the instant by i...
- 22 Jun 2023, 14:57
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Behind Bars - "General Conventions"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18275
Re: Behind Bars - "General Conventions"
I know it's perfectly acceptable grammar but... it annoys me to read "one stave". I've grown up to know it as "one staff/ many staves."… … … In most parts of the UK a ‘staff’ is specific to a walking stick and at that perhaps a little old fashioned, eg the biblical ‘staff of Mos...
- 30 May 2023, 20:45
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: circa
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14387
Re: circa
… … … Isn't there any "one way" to write this circa abbreviation… … ? Probably not any one way, but I suggest Hector's D version as the one least likely to excite comment. As far as I can find, Gould has nothing to say on the subject. Another (perhaps whimsical) thought: the sign ≈ means ...