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by John Ruggero
11 Mar 2024, 11:43
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Subito indications?
Replies: 7
Views: 288

Subito indications?

When did subito dynamic indications first start to be used? I don't recall any in music before the late 19th century.

And which form is more common in the past and today: subito :piano and sub. :piano or :piano subito and :piano sub. etc.?
by John Ruggero
10 Mar 2024, 11:58
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Rhythmical alignment between voices
Replies: 7
Views: 379

Re: Rhythmical alignment between voices

Why the composer wrote the F with fermata as an 8th instead of a 16th is a mystery A sixteenth might imply too short a hold. Judging from the rest of the notation, the composer wanted the singer to hold the F beyond the length of the A in the cello and only then start the cadenza. But there was a d...
by John Ruggero
09 Mar 2024, 17:25
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

I know what you mean. Straight braces are a little ""cold". Curly braces were even used for orchestral scores, way "back in the day."
by John Ruggero
09 Mar 2024, 14:09
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

Fooled me. I thought: very strange piano fingering... ;)

I'm accustomed to seeing a straight brace for instrumental duets rather than a piano brace. I went looking around at IMSLP a little and found one use of a piano brace. Maybe a cello tradition? The rest were straight braces.
by John Ruggero
09 Mar 2024, 03:15
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

The centered beam and slurring look fine to me. Centered beams over large intervals never really went out of fashion. I did wonder about the numbers. Is that piano fingering?
by John Ruggero
08 Mar 2024, 22:11
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

Thanks, Neera. I've done so many of these centered beams now that it has become much easier. Of course it would be great if the software were doing this automatically. But I don't think I'll suggest it at Dorico headquarters. They have enough "regular" stuff on their hands. I just found th...
by John Ruggero
08 Mar 2024, 21:52
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

I decided to use a centered beam with a footnote explaining the situation, Neera It seems that the tradition of converting centered beams into broken beams didn't die out in the 19th century. Here is what Schenker did with a passage from the third movement of Beethoven's Sonata op. 31. 2. First exce...
by John Ruggero
07 Mar 2024, 16:35
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Another Beethoven centered beam
Replies: 17
Views: 563

Re: Another Beethoven centered beam

Here's another interesting Beethoven sighting. Note the broken beam in both first editions of the third movement of the sonata op. 31 no. 1. This appears to be another attempt to preserve the phrasing implications of a difficult-to engrave centered beam in the manuscript. See https://notat.io/viewto...
by John Ruggero
07 Mar 2024, 16:25
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Gould's Repeat Mark-Clef Rule
Replies: 16
Views: 654

Re: Gould's Repeat Mark-Clef Rule

Thanks, Neera. Unusual ;) As you said, it supports the idea that the repeat mark is not a bar line, but it's not standard and might need an explanation in a footnote.
by John Ruggero
06 Mar 2024, 17:04
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Lyrics: to uppercase or not to uppercase?
Replies: 4
Views: 254

Re: Lyrics: to uppercase or not to uppercase?

In looking through a little of the German lieder repertoire, I see both systems being used. If one were not capitalizing initial words, supplying the poem in its original layout might be a good idea.