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- 19 Mar 2023, 13:42
- Forum: Engraver services / Publishers
- Topic: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 270
Re: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?
Very close to 10 X 13, which is common in the US (like a Kalmus or Lucks orchestral part).
- 25 Aug 2022, 23:18
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: "ad lib"bowing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 786
Re: "ad lib"bowing
This is a symbol that Bass players would instantly recognize. It does, as benwiggy wrote, mean down/up bow. For free bowing, best to indicate that explicitly.
I've rarely seen this used for the other strings.
I've rarely seen this used for the other strings.
- 26 Jul 2022, 13:25
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: più and meno as dynamic modifers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1827
Re: più and meno as dynamic modifers
Doesn't più p mean "softer than the prevailing dynamic", whatever it is?
- 15 Mar 2022, 18:13
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: “Portraits in Beams and Barlines: Critical Music Editing and the Art of Notation”
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2693
Re: “Portraits in Beams and Barlines: Critical Music Editing and the Art of Notation”
+1David Ward wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 15:55 One must have the ability to express oneself clearly and simply; but is it always the only ‘good’ way?
Let's be thankful that Mr. Ruggero wasn't James Joyce's publisher!
- 06 Feb 2022, 15:35
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: O/T bariolage question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4451
- 05 Feb 2022, 16:30
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: cues in divisi parts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2727
Re: cues in divisi parts
That is strange, considering that Arnstein closed the business in the early 80's, not to mention that he died in 1989...
- 03 Feb 2022, 00:05
- Forum: Manual Notation
- Topic: Let's talk Manuscript Paper, Pens and other copying materials
- Replies: 23
- Views: 34141
Re: Let's talk Manuscript Paper, Pens and other copying materials
During the 1970s, most of the copyists who worked for Arnold Arnstein used, believe it or, not an automatic pen, but a simple holder armed with a very specific pen point, the Esterbrook 312 "Judge's Quill", which was the perfect pen point for music copying. It had with a long flexible tip...
- 31 Jan 2022, 15:29
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: cross staff gliss + hairpin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2028
Re: cross staff gliss + hairpin
Why not ask a harpist what they would prefer?
When I was a copyist for William Schuman, he would always have a harpist check over the part before giving final approval.
When I was a copyist for William Schuman, he would always have a harpist check over the part before giving final approval.
- 03 Nov 2021, 23:18
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: cues in divisi parts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2727
Re: cues in divisi parts
In my 25 years as an orchestra librarian and 40 years as a copyist, I do not recall ever seeing identical cues on both staves of a divisi system. One annoying aspect of Dorico is the way it handles bar rests in cues. There is no reason all three rests in the first three measures should not hang down...
- 29 Oct 2021, 13:30
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: The State of the Art, circa 1991
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2499
Re: The State of the Art, circa 1991
Finale was $1,000 when I purchased my copy (late 80's?). I had a 3-digit serial number!
I also paid $2,500 for a Mac Plus (no hard drive, 1MB of memory) and $5,000 for an Apple laser printer (300 dpi, letter or legal size paper only).
I also paid $2,500 for a Mac Plus (no hard drive, 1MB of memory) and $5,000 for an Apple laser printer (300 dpi, letter or legal size paper only).