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by JJP
16 Apr 2024, 00:59
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Page size order conventions
Replies: 14
Views: 183

Re: Page size order conventions

Is there an ISO standard for this?
by JJP
12 Apr 2024, 05:33
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Alternative to CutePDF - for macOS
Replies: 5
Views: 111

Re: Alternative to CutePDF - for macOS

I bought PDF Expert years ago. They are now are encouraging people to subscribe, but there is still a purchase option. There is a free download to test it.

https://pdfexpert.com/
by JJP
10 Apr 2024, 14:39
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Hierachy of text expressions
Replies: 5
Views: 203

Re: Hierachy of text expressions

I typically use high/low as equivalent to the left/right hierarchy. This is assuming space allows, and that the stack doesn’t get too high.

More than two items can become cumbersome, but context must be our guide, as always.
by JJP
05 Apr 2024, 16:18
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Dorico 5.1.30 update
Replies: 4
Views: 227

Re: Dorico 5.1.30 update

If you use the SE or Elements version, and click on the "padlocked" menu commands that are not available, you get an dialog telling you that you need to purchase the next version up -- and this has provoked some internet fury as 'unacceptable marketing'. :roll: I thought that was rather c...
by JJP
01 Apr 2024, 19:54
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Scores in C or transposing?
Replies: 17
Views: 907

Re: Scores in C or transposing?

I had to think about this for a moment, but it seems quite clever! 😊 it’s not the way I learned, but now I’m going to play around with it.
by JJP
31 Mar 2024, 02:13
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: single note or tied note question (syncopation)
Replies: 7
Views: 284

Re: single note or tied note question (syncopation)

I’m late to the party, but here’s another vote for the single note.
by JJP
26 Mar 2024, 05:34
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Scores in C or transposing?
Replies: 17
Views: 907

Re: Scores in C or transposing?

I know a very skilled composer and conductor who prefers writing in concert but conducting from transposed. Thanks to digital notation, he does exactly that. He writes in concert, then when finished, he switches to transposed, checks the score and makes any final adjustments, then sends it to be cop...
by JJP
02 Mar 2024, 04:42
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Italic/oblique flat and sharp glyphs?
Replies: 4
Views: 265

Re: Italic/oblique flat and sharp glyphs?

I have no desire to read italicized chord symbols. Once you add extensions they get hard to read.
by JJP
19 Jan 2024, 05:49
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 28
Views: 442742

Re: Enharmonic symbol

John Ruggero wrote: 18 Jan 2024, 13:15 From the music engravers' Hippocratic oath: "First, do no harm."
I thought it was “do no enharm.”
by JJP
08 Jan 2024, 15:54
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 28
Views: 442742

Re: Enharmonic symbol

benwiggy wrote: 08 Jan 2024, 07:55 I'm actually thinking about re-spelling the whole thing....
If that’s an option it’s probably the best way to go.