NOTATIO

Why the different approach to grouping in m15 and 31 compared to the 8va version in m33? I prefer the m33 version so I would just use it 8ba in those other two bars, but in any case, I'd be consistent unless you have a specific reason for notating those bars differently.

Why did Finale, announcing its sunset, go so far as to recommend Dorico rather than Musescore? MakeMusic didn't go out of business, they just discontinued Finale. MM's endorsement and steering of their user base to another product certainly was valuable and I'm sure their accountants could estimate...

Wow, very cool! I was never sophisticated enough at SCORE to have gotten into all the details of this, but I know my project manager used the BEAM subroutine, as well as a few others Tom made. Nice trip down memory lane!

Well, Ultimate Guitar was certainly originally Russian. They even famously argued that their "site violated no laws because its headquarters were in Russia, and the site’s practices complied with Russian laws." https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/21/technology/21ecom.html Ultimate Guitar purch...

I have an 88 key keyboard at home, so it's not an issue there, it was just the incongruity of being able to enter what I see for every instrument, unless it was an octave transposing instrument, and then I needed to transpose. Entering at transposed pitch should be transposed pitch for all.

A few stream of consciousness comments ... There are several standard conventions regarding fonts that you aren't adhering to. Tempo indications are typically a bold Roman font. Dynamic text indications like cresc., dim., etc. are usually an italic Roman font. The systemic bar numbers are usually an...

I finally found a copy of this with some minor cover damage for a non-ridiculous price. It is a very cool book! Neither are in collectable condition, but I now have the Notations / Notations 21 set!

Yeah, the octave thing had been one of my gripes for years. It always seemed completely inconsistent that I could enter an instrument that transposes at a 9th at written pitch, but not one that transposes at an 8th. Really happy to see this option! I already have a 3:2 tuplet shortcut hacked in, so ...

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...

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...