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- 24 Oct 2024, 15:25
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Diderot - Encyclopédie
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1239
Diderot - Encyclopédie
So I found a rare book dealer that was selling some original folios from Diderot's famous "Encyclopédie," published between 1751 and 1772. He happened to have the folios on music engraving so I bought them. DiderotSmall-1.jpg DiderotSmall-2.jpg DiderotSmall-3.jpg DiderotSmall-4.jpg Diderot...
- 23 Sep 2024, 11:57
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3812
Re: rest amalgamation compound time, quarter note beats
No half rests in 3/4. Same in 6/4 or 9/4 etc.; only dotted half rests. The no half rests in 3/4 is certainly a hard-and-fast rule except for the fermata exception you mentioned, but not so for multiples of 3/4 as a long string of quarter rests can be disorienting and obscure the meter. It's ok to c...
- 20 Sep 2024, 14:47
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Inquiry on the origin of ties
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3992
Re: Inquiry on the origin of ties
A bit off topic for your actual query, but the title of the thread got me wondering when ties were first used. For anyone curious, Rastall's book says the following:
- 20 Sep 2024, 12:08
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Inquiry on the origin of ties
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3992
Re: Inquiry on the origin of ties
Are any manuscripts by that composer available? I'd be curious if that practice is reflected in the manuscripts as well, or if it is a "house style" of the publisher/engraver. Do other publications from the publisher around the same time period use that practice?
- 17 Sep 2024, 01:00
- Forum: News - Questions - Suggestions
- Topic: The End of FINALE
- Replies: 34
- Views: 36389
Re: The End of FINALE
Don't you think that Sibelius might have the same end like Finale in the next 10 years or so? A few years ago I would have said yes. Avid seems to have some renewed interest in it though, and it is being actively being developed again, so I don't really know. MuseScore is crushing the educational m...
- 09 Sep 2024, 23:49
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Best design for X noteheads? [contemporary music notation]
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8070
Re: Best design for X noteheads? [contemporary music notation]
I haven't thought about this in a while, but here's what I've been defaulting to in Dorico:
- 06 Sep 2024, 23:15
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Music Book Printing (1915) - Specimens of Music Typography
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8307
- 06 Sep 2024, 18:26
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Music Book Printing (1915) - Specimens of Music Typography
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8307
Re: Music Book Printing (1915) - Specimens of Music Typography
Nice!!!
Yeah, that does look weird. I suppose you could change the voice column index then move it with the note spacing tool.
- 06 Sep 2024, 12:56
- Forum: Digital Notation Tools
- Topic: OpEd: Thoughts on the end of Finale.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16261
Re: OpEd: Thoughts on the end of Finale.
So I ask: is there any necessity to actually have the source files readily available after a works has been finished? What does "finished" even mean? The top Broadway shows now can run for 25 years, plus touring productions, a zillion cast changes, pop orchestra versions of the hits, etc....
- 05 Sep 2024, 17:29
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Music Book Printing (1915) - Specimens of Music Typography
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8307
Music Book Printing (1915) - Specimens of Music Typography
Recently picked up a cool 1915 book titled Music Book Printing . One section depicts a few of the various movable music typefaces that were available at the time, and depicts how they would appear using the same musical examples. I found it interesting anyway so thought I'd share a few pages: type1....