NOTATIO

I would consider it unnecessary clutter, and confusing (for the reason John Ruggero suggested).

Thank you all again for your very thoughtful suggestions.

I much prefer the updates that I've made based on your recommendations... it looks so much less meager on the page! Here's the example.

I've thickened up some of these values (including bar lines), any improvement? I included a part with more ledger lines to better show the change.

RE: time signatures, the extra size is on purpose (a hold over from working with musical theatre books, where it is an essential feature).

the time signatures look strange to my eye, a bit too large. I prefer them to fit the staff exactly. that said, I find the staff lines and ledger lines very nice. what setting did you use? I'm considering making that sort of change as well. My current settings are: Engraving options > Barlines > De...

Hi folks, I was finding my staff lines and leger lines in Dorico to be a bit spindly, so I increased their size a bit.

Would you mind checking out this sample page and letting me know if it looks okay, or if the increased thickness is distracting/ugly/etc.?

@benwiggy - in your opinion, what type of works look best for Splentino?

I have found that leger lines in Dorico for cued music are far too spindly, and I increase them by 1/4 space to make them more visible.

I'm not sure offhand the percentage difference between cued notes and grace notes, but I'm sure it's not far.

Probably something close to "metric modulation," though in the case above it's showing that the half note remains the same tempo.

Looks good!

I really like the simplicity of the upper staff, though I would break the beams.