NOTATIO

‘try not to interfere with the way it does things unless you really have to’. This is difficult for one of my temperament (understatement).
That said, I aim to persevere with Dorico and would recommend it to others.


That sums up my feelings about Dorico as well. It requires a somewhat ...

Our posts crossed, OCTO. I am glad I wasn't way off.

The double stemming in the first version might be more a piano notation than a violin one, and rests might be more appropriate to avoid potential confusion. At least, I didn't see this kind of notation in a bit of standard solo violin music I looked over. Then the string numbers would be unnecessary ...

The standard symbol for the highest possible note on an instrument is a triangle-shaped note head pointing upward.

The question is even more problematic if we take in account different values combined.
What about a melody that sounds as: :4d + :4d + :5
Or: :4d + :5 + :4d ?


The question seems to be shifting under my feet. I thought the original question was how to notate a long first note that takes 4 beats ...

I find this a even more interesting question than on first appearance. Of course, if the music is to be felt in an undivided 5, then :6 :4 seems self-evident. Yet is there really a practical difference between this and writing :5 tie :5 :4 , which I think is closer to an undivided 5 in feeling than ...

Coda's are often done like that.

However, I would use D.C.s and codas only when absolutely necessary and for very good reasons, like page turns. If a piece can fit on two facing pages or has great turns in the middle that makes multiple pages convenient, I would just write the piece out. But it ...

1. Your title is quite close to the top of the page and almost resting against the top margin. Usually it would be at least twice the distance lower or more. This would take care of the empty space at the bottom, although there is really nothing wrong with extra empty space at the bottom. This is ...

Maybe, play as if with a down bow attack? If somebody had asked me to do that on my trombone, I would have understood what they wanted (but then I had played the cello in adolescence)


That had occurred to me as well, David. Pianists are also accustomed to mimicking effects used for other ...

According to online sources, Monktell was a student and then a protege of d'Indy, who promoted her music. She must have been a well-trained musician. Her music appears completely orthodox in notation, uses all the standard articulation markings including tenuto and marcato symbols and is much like ...