NOTATIO

One issue is that measure 3 is badly notated. The dotted quarter should be a quarter tied to an eighth. Then the quarter could be on line 2 and the eighth on line 3 and you could have a nice half measure split on a long note, if desired. I am sorry but I don't quite understand the the part about sp...

A question : regarding Xenakis, isn't it better to start engraving from the layout point of view rather first to enter all the notes and then to move it around? If possibility permitting, I would discuss with the editor/publisher what they want and after that I would look at all pieces together, ca...

They seemed to have been a fad in Paris in the early 20th century, but are no longer used as far as I can tell. In the 3rd example (given the trill notation), it seems to make sense, but would be far clearer if there were a short tie from the first note too, to warn the player.

I've not looked at Mists in detail yet. All I can remember are the horrors from an engraving viewpoint. All efforts are on Evryali at the moment. Once I have entered all the data I'll look for page turn options, but right now I'm ploughing through endless bars of 4 staves linked to single beams. It'...

Just as I was beginning to think 4 staves would be enough...
(all previous caveats apply)

There are still some spacing issues to deal with here, I know.

In this piece it is better to have a single view if possible. It is possible to duplicate a bar across a page so that a turn can be made in the middle of a bar without using system breaks but it is hazardous. Evryali and Mists have a couple of page turn opportunities, but not enough to apply them co...

In which? Evryali?

Peter, looking at your test pre proof again, I'm wondering if the horizontal spacing and distribution couldn't be much improved with the occasional split measure. With the consistency of time signature and long beam groups, I would think this could be an improvement without compromising clarity. Wh...

I'm interested in the secondary beam break issue. Sibelius can break all but the primary beam, but it has never been able to leave more than one beam unbroken while breaking others (short of faking it with a line). Breaking beams in Finale is easy and allows all or any beams to be broken anywhere i...

Day 1 of Evryali. nothing difficult in Finale here, but extremely time consuming. The original generally has 2 bars per system, I'm trying where possible to get 3, but it is a bit tight and makes avoiding accidental collisions quite challenging. The attached is the end of a hard days work, as I ente...