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by JJP
26 Mar 2024, 05:34
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Scores in C or transposing?
Replies: 10
Views: 326

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: 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.
by JJP
19 Jan 2024, 05:49
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 28
Views: 441300

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: 441300

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.
by JJP
07 Jan 2024, 20:56
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 28
Views: 441300

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...
by JJP
07 Jan 2024, 18:19
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Enharmonic symbol
Replies: 28
Views: 441300

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 ...
by JJP
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.
by JJP
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. :)
by JJP
19 Nov 2023, 01:19
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Karg-Elert metrical curiousity
Replies: 7
Views: 64606

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...
by JJP
04 Nov 2023, 22:47
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: string quad-stop question
Replies: 9
Views: 59794

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.