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- 26 Mar 2024, 05:34
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Scores in C or transposing?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 323
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...
- 02 Mar 2024, 04:42
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Italic/oblique flat and sharp glyphs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 227
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.
- 19 Jan 2024, 05:49
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enharmonic symbol
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441295
Re: Enharmonic symbol
I thought it was “do no enharm.”John Ruggero wrote: ↑18 Jan 2024, 13:15 From the music engravers' Hippocratic oath: "First, do no harm."
- 08 Jan 2024, 15:54
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enharmonic symbol
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441295
- 07 Jan 2024, 20:56
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enharmonic symbol
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441295
Re: Enharmonic symbol
Yes, that's the usual convention, but as said, adding little noteheads everywhere is going to confuse just as much; and there's not much space. What about this? Screenshot.png I guarantee that everyone will mark something in to indicate this! That's not too bad! However, I'm always worried that som...
- 07 Jan 2024, 18:19
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Enharmonic symbol
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441295
Re: Enharmonic symbol
My first reaction was the same as Fred’s. Both proposed solutions create more questions than answers because of their contradictions. I find this is one of those situations where there is no good solution, so it’s best to keep it simple and clear. Once you recognize the enharmonic, the line is very ...
- 13 Dec 2023, 17:21
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: What a difference a line makes!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 148848
Re: What a difference a line makes!
Singers will sometimes focus their attention primarily on either notes or lyrics, only peripherally processing the other. Having both slurs and extension lines ensures they receive the performance information wherever they focus.
- 11 Dec 2023, 06:10
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: What a difference a line makes!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 148848
Re: What a difference a line makes!
@benwiggy I love this perfect example.
- 19 Nov 2023, 01:19
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Karg-Elert metrical curiousity
- Replies: 7
- Views: 64600
Re: Karg-Elert metrical curiousity
The 2/8 + 3/8 obviously means sometimes you feel it in 2 and sometimes in 3, but that's not typically how you'd notate that, or is it? I'm sure I've seen things like 6/8 (2/4) written before, but the addition of the + here makes this look really strange to me. I usually am not this decisive about n...
- 04 Nov 2023, 22:47
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: string quad-stop question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 59792
Re: string quad-stop question
The grace notes imply that the bottom two notes should be given less emphasis. If that’s the sound you desire, then it’s fine. If all pitches should receive the same emphasis, then use the standard notation and place them on the same stem as a chord.