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by benwiggy
08 Jan 2024, 07:55
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 27
Views: 441169

Re: Enharmonic symbol

Yes, but as said, in a closely packed texture, I think that's going to add clutter and confusion. It's a beautiful piece of German Romanticism, but the notation is absolutely bonkers. 5 flats, but riddled with sharps, seemingly to make intervals more obvious, rather than 'vertical' harmonic reasons....
by benwiggy
07 Jan 2024, 18:52
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 27
Views: 441169

Re: Enharmonic symbol

Bracketing the note often means to tacet or "ghost" it, so I wouldn't be inclined to use that. Gould shows a bracketed cue-sized stemless notehead on page 437 if you like that style. Yes, that's the usual convention, but as said, adding little noteheads everywhere is going to confuse just...
by benwiggy
07 Jan 2024, 09:31
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 27
Views: 441169

Enharmonic symbol

I'm working on a (choral) piece that has a huge number of enharmonic changes, such as: Screenshot.png They are occur frequently throughout the score, and the music is quite closely spaced. There are lyrics below, and a lot of dynamics above. I'm wondering how I might indicate the enharmonic changes ...
by benwiggy
23 Dec 2023, 18:27
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: MuseScore 4.2 Released
Replies: 6
Views: 65352

Re: MuseScore 4.2 Released

Does it do cut-away scores?
by benwiggy
18 Dec 2023, 10:11
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 5.1 released
Replies: 3
Views: 68246

Dorico 5.1 released

Dorico 5.1 has just been release, with a massive slew of new functions and fixes. Of note to the engravers here (particularly John R): Fixes to issues with Divisi/Unison at system end New option for fingering positioning Slur adjustment More options for Cues, Instrument Changes Additional Engraving ...
by benwiggy
16 Dec 2023, 14:21
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Finale 27.4 released
Replies: 14
Views: 184426

Re: Finale 27.4 released

Yes - I only use it for legacy files that I haven't transferred to Dorico. But I'm still interested in how/whether it develops. And I have a soft spot for Garritan/ARIA.
by benwiggy
15 Dec 2023, 07:39
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: What a difference a line makes!
Replies: 10
Views: 148650

Re: What a difference a line makes!

The software is Dorico; the font is probably Kepler Semicondensed Caption. I've been using that for years, so it's something of a house style; though I am moving to Nepomuk, in order to 'eat my own dog food'. :lol:
by benwiggy
14 Dec 2023, 08:18
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: What a difference a line makes!
Replies: 10
Views: 148650

Re: What a difference a line makes!

wasn't there a question of some score with the word "hum-ble" crossing a page turn, and the choir suddenly switching to "bouche fermé" at the bottom of that page? That's why things like mmm are usually in italics. (Singers will also, as a joke in rehearsal, sing the words of an ...
by benwiggy
13 Dec 2023, 08:07
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: What a difference a line makes!
Replies: 10
Views: 148650

Re: What a difference a line makes!

Ideally, I would have put a slur over the "For" as well, but I'd still value the line there.

I did some work for a publisher recently who insisted that there was always a tiny bit of a line on any melisma, unless it was really impossible.
by benwiggy
10 Dec 2023, 16:55
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: What a difference a line makes!
Replies: 10
Views: 148650

What a difference a line makes!

It is occasionally asked whether lyric extension lines serve any useful purpose -- and sometimes one sees scores that don't use them. I recently had to sing the following**, where the words "Christ" and "Christ-mas" were both used in melismas; so you had to decide what vowel you ...