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by RMK
13 Nov 2024, 16:25
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Tuba clarification
Replies: 5
Views: 1297

Re: Tuba clarification

Yes, tubas in different keys do exist, but they are not transposing instruments (again with the exception of British band music). In other words, players learn different fingerings for different instruments. Sometimes older music refers to instruments no longer in use (for example the classical Cont...
by RMK
13 Nov 2024, 14:50
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Tuba clarification
Replies: 5
Views: 1297

Re: Tuba clarification

Oh no, Tuba is *always* written in concert pitch (with the exception of British brass band music).

This does not apply to Wagner Tuben, which are played by Horn players and therefore used to transposing instruments.
by RMK
10 Nov 2024, 15:00
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: clef change problem for viola
Replies: 18
Views: 5372

Re: clef change problem for viola

MichelRE wrote: 10 Nov 2024, 14:35
A far as we know, viola was always written in alto clef. The only instrument written in alto clef, actually. (probably thus it's name alto = viola in many languages)
I think you forgot about the Trombone (and not just the alto instrument). Plenty of examples in Mozart, Dvorak, etc.
by RMK
23 Sep 2024, 13:51
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats
Replies: 13
Views: 5406

Re: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats

I've used brackets a few times in passages that were rhythmically ambiguous, but only for a few instruments.

You could always hide them in the score.
by RMK
23 Sep 2024, 12:33
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats
Replies: 13
Views: 5406

Re: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats

At first glance, the meter of the second bar is unclear, as the eye has to parse all the quarters, where the half rest in the first bar makes it instantly clear that we're in 6/4. It is unclear only because there is no context. I think that as part of a phrase, the meaning would be clear enough. To...
by RMK
21 Sep 2024, 13:35
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats
Replies: 13
Views: 5406

Re: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats

Leave it as it is.

6/4 is interpreted as 3+3, no matter how it is conducted.
by RMK
06 Sep 2024, 22:58
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Proofreading suggestions
Replies: 32
Views: 29762

Re: Proofreading suggestions

JJP wrote: 06 Sep 2024, 22:40
I am in Los Angeles.
Still???
by RMK
26 Aug 2024, 23:22
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Tried to use the smallest "allowed" staff size, but I think I still could include more measures per page
Replies: 5
Views: 11867

Re: Tried to use the smallest "allowed" staff size, but I think I still could include more measures per page

Yes

The second page looks much better.

The first page looks like a Professional Composer PDF from the 1980's.
by RMK
24 Aug 2024, 13:34
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Slurs as phrase marks
Replies: 12
Views: 8045

Re: Slurs as phrase marks

I assume you meant "separately tongued". Autocorrect? In my experience string players often ignaore printed bowings (either bowing marks or slurs). If this is an orchestral work then you will need to rely on the conductor's musical sense. Perhaps a footnote in the score might be warranted ...
by RMK
02 Jul 2024, 13:20
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: publishers' "house style" manuals
Replies: 17
Views: 8249

Re: publishers' "house style" manuals

what I see in common is they look better in SCORE :D I agree with you, but I wonder if that is because only serious engravers still use it. In other words it may be the expertise of the person using the software rather than the software itself. Still, it's amazing that such a great result is accomp...