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- 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...
- 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.
This does not apply to Wagner Tuben, which are played by Horn players and therefore used to transposing instruments.
- 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
I think you forgot about the Trombone (and not just the alto instrument). Plenty of examples in Mozart, Dvorak, etc.
- 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.
You could always hide them in the score.
- 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...
- 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.
6/4 is interpreted as 3+3, no matter how it is conducted.
- 06 Sep 2024, 22:58
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Proofreading suggestions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 29762
- 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.
The second page looks much better.
The first page looks like a Professional Composer PDF from the 1980's.
- 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 ...
- 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...