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by Fred G. Unn
18 Jul 2025, 01:30
Forum: Books and Sites
Topic: PSA: J&J Lubrano sale
Replies: 0
Views: 81

PSA: J&J Lubrano sale

Ok, this falls way into super music geekdom, but one of my favorite bookstores is having a big summer sale. They have stuff starting a $5 and going up to way more than I can afford, LOL! Here's the PDF catalog of the huge summer sale they have going on for music books: https://lubranomusic.cdn.bibli...
by Fred G. Unn
17 Jul 2025, 22:21
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Distance from the left bar line
Replies: 9
Views: 200

Re: Distance from the left bar line

John Ruggero wrote: 17 Jul 2025, 21:13 Thanks, Fred G. Unn. I wasn't talking about the distance to the key signatures, but the varied distances to the left bar lines.
Oh, whoops! I misinterpreted that to be the varied distances from the left systemic barline.
by Fred G. Unn
17 Jul 2025, 19:33
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Distance from the left bar line
Replies: 9
Views: 200

Re: Distance from the left bar line

To me it looks like they are a fixed distance but different engravers / publishers took differing approaches. In your first example, it looks to me like the engraver aligned the stems at a fixed distance but allowed the accidentals to be left of the alignment point. 1.png The second example looks li...
by Fred G. Unn
08 Jul 2025, 17:02
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 17
Views: 18587

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

how do you know if a font is OpenType? It looks like none of my fonts have anything in that "OpenType Features" box. It's always blank. Click the + sign at the bottom which will open up a menu where you can select any available OpenType features. The features will vary by font, but it wil...
by Fred G. Unn
04 Jul 2025, 10:42
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 17
Views: 18587

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

A few more comments ... 1) In addition to the above comment about hairpins and bar numbers, The rehearsal number enclosures are too thin as well. Stems also seem really thin. 2) The just released Dorico 6.0.2 version now has an option to align the bar numbers and multibar rest bar number range that ...
by Fred G. Unn
30 Jun 2025, 22:18
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Staff and leger line thicknesses
Replies: 17
Views: 18587

Re: Staff and leger line thicknesses

My current settings are: Engraving options > Barlines > Design - Thin Barlines == 2/25 spaces Engraving options > Staves > Staff Lines == 1/8 spaces I would definitely increase the thin barline thickness. The eye perceives vertical lines differently than horizontal, so barlines actually need to be ...
by Fred G. Unn
29 Jun 2025, 12:27
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: octave line question
Replies: 20
Views: 20485

Re: octave line question

I think I've posted my settings either here or on the Dorico forum, but here's what I get by default with my settings: slurs.png If I change the Maximum increase in height to avoid collisions setting to something larger, I can get something like this as a default here, but I seem to recall too much ...
by Fred G. Unn
24 Jun 2025, 13:01
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: First engraving project with Dorico
Replies: 13
Views: 3452

Re: First engraving project with Dorico

Just a few quick general comments: Even with an elaborate title page, there typically is a larger title above the first system. Since you seem to be going for a Henle-inspired look, just look at how they handle it. nuages.png Having bar numbers larger than the page numbers throws off the proportion ...
by Fred G. Unn
17 Apr 2025, 16:13
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: The term "Authentic" in Music Editing
Replies: 24
Views: 28446

Re: Authenticity in Music Editing. Does it exist?

John, if you haven't read it yet, I think you would enjoy James Grier's 1996 book "The Critical Editing of Music," which deals with many of these issues. (Not so much the performance practice aspect, but certainly the editing.) Used copies are generally pretty cheap, but it's on Archive.or...
by Fred G. Unn
15 Apr 2025, 22:00
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Breaks
Replies: 4
Views: 6304

Re: Breaks

db322014 wrote: 15 Apr 2025, 20:36 So, how can I add that rectangular enclosure? (didn't even know that was possible...)
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