NOTATIO

Sibelius, as the "best selling" notation app (so they claim) must be pulling in reasonable income. I guess the question is whether it meets the Equity firm's targets. Yes, this is key. I've seen way too many businesses that closed because their private equity owners had a profit, but not ...

other than having to manually space staves in parts. you normally shouldn't have had to do this. there are settings for ideal distances between all the various types of staff combinations. the only time I have to go in and make manual changes in parts is for page turns. No matter what I put in the ...

So I earned my first payout using Dorico today... took a copy job (digitize a score and parts) that paid 2/3 the cost of the software.

Was surprisingly easy and had no difficulties other than having to manually space staves in parts.

MichelRE wrote: ↑29 Oct 2024, 12:30 However, there's really no room to the left of the first measure ("voice" already take up room there.)

Insert the incipit anyway, and indent the system further. It's okay on the first system.

I always do a half inch in the parts for the first stave/system.

I agree with David that putting the whole passage in treble clef would probably be the best situation.

Thanks @John Ruggero ! I appreciate the time you took to put these together.

I'll pop these in and take a look.

EDIT: NICE! These settings are a big improvement, John! Thank you for sharing.

Hi folks, Using the information in this forum, I updated Finale's defaults for lines and slurs (etc.) and have really enjoyed the look it has given my works. Since moving to Dorico, I haven't checked "beneath the hood" but I am now working on completing my first score. Question: has anyone...

I have to admit that I cried when I saw how simple it was to notate the following and how beautifully Dorico rendered it:

No, you would only combine two quarter rests on 1, 3, or 5 in this case.