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- 25 Jul 2017, 21:50
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: [ANN] Ten Music Notation Programs, second edition
- Replies: 45
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Re: [ANN] Ten Music Notation Programs, second edition
If we're bringing individual personality into it but only to a certain point, it destroys the idea of showing what each program is capable of, either by default or to the highest possible level.
- 22 Jul 2017, 04:31
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: [ANN] Ten Music Notation Programs, second edition
- Replies: 45
- Views: 81875
Re: [ANN] Ten Music Notation Programs, second edition
I agree that this in-between solution isn't really optimal for either case. Either show us the extremes of what can be achieved with the program or the bare default.
- 08 Jun 2017, 02:27
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: SCORE Music Publishing System VS. Graphire Music Press
- Replies: 23
- Views: 61262
Re: SCORE Music Publishing System VS. Graphire Music Press
To me, the SCORE treble clef stands head and shoulders above the rest of its font, which feels cold and clinical to me. But, short of hand-engraved clefs or a few computer examples (Abraham's fonts or November), that clef is probably the best I've seen. The other issue with SCORE is that its output ...
- 28 Apr 2017, 22:34
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: [Dorico] Flat slurs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 30079
Re: [Dorico] Flat slurs
I am sorry, Schonbergian, I don't understand why the slur would be have to be more tapered than usual if brought to the note heads. In the example that you provided and engraved, the slur doesn't quite reach the noteheads and it's already quite curved. Making it reach the noteheads at any cost woul...
- 28 Apr 2017, 11:51
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: [Dorico] Flat slurs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 30079
Re: [Dorico] Flat slurs
As unintuitive as it may sound, the larger noteheads actually aren't too large for the staff at all. It's well-known that round objects appear smaller than they are, and if they are left at the "correct" size the notes will just disappear into the background. This "overbleed" is ...
- 26 Apr 2017, 22:54
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: [Dorico] Flat slurs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 30079
Re: [Dorico] Flat slurs
Re:notehead size - I agree with Ben's notehead size but the staff lines need to be much thicker to compensate, otherwise it's imbalanced. I'm also not a fan of the shape of the Engraver noteheads. Re:slurs - this is a perfect example of when insisting on the slurs meeting the noteheads won't result ...
- 01 Apr 2017, 01:37
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Line thicknesses/Sibelius
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12272
Re: Line thicknesses/Sibelius
Thicker staff lines require correspondingly larger and heavier noteheads to match, in addition to other suitably heavy elements. Opus (like most modern music fonts) has relatively anemic noteheads and is designed with a very light line weight in mind (not to mention the other horrific design elemen...
- 31 Mar 2017, 20:15
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: Line thicknesses/Sibelius
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12272
Re: Line thicknesses/Sibelius
Thicker staff lines require correspondingly larger and heavier noteheads to match, in addition to other suitably heavy elements. Opus (like most modern music fonts) has relatively anemic noteheads and is designed with a very light line weight in mind (not to mention the other horrific design element...
- 25 Mar 2017, 23:06
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Tempo alterations font styles
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24475
Re: Tempo alterations font styles
- 23 Mar 2017, 23:36
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Tempo alterations font styles
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24475
Re: Tempo alterations font styles
I agree with the practice of many members here of putting major alterations in roman and minor ones (rit., etc.) in italic. It helps one to easily differentiate between the two of them. My usual sizes and typefaces are: Roman: IM Fell Great Primer, 14pt Italic: EB Garamond, 15pt Regarding positionin...