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- 12 Nov 2024, 12:08
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: clef change problem for viola
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1958
Re: clef change problem for viola
And then there were the days when keyboard players read in 5 clefs: soprano, alto, tenor, violin (or G-clef) and bass.
- 11 Nov 2024, 23:31
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: A Centered Beam in Bach
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
Re: A Centered Beam in Bach
Thanks, Neera. Yes, I did it in Finale, but it took work. I was able to preserve almost all of the meaningful centered beams in this very complex piece (it's from the first movement of an arrangement of the B minor Flute Sonata), so it seemed a shame to omit the one in m. 36. But it's not an essenti...
- 11 Nov 2024, 12:50
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: A Centered Beam in Bach
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
Re: A Centered Beam in Bach
I have found only a few centered beams to be difficult to translate from manuscript to engraving in a way the preserves the import of the music. I once even resorted to a curved one and find it tolerable; maybe even more than tolerable:
- 11 Nov 2024, 00:18
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: A Centered Beam in Bach
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
Re: A Centered Beam in Bach
In this case I believe the space saving was the key because having a beam obscure ledger lines is not something that anyone should even try to replicate nowadays. I find it fascinating as well, Neera. As I mentioned, space saving might have been the reason that the engraver (and Bach) used centered...
- 09 Nov 2024, 23:22
- Forum: Engraving Commentaries
- Topic: Dorico slurs and beams
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1528667
Re: Dorico slurs and beams
Very pleasant dreams.
- 02 Nov 2024, 13:44
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: About the use of rehearsal marks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 340
Re: About the use of rehearsal marks
The older style was to do exactly what you describe: rehearsal letters only at places where a conductor would be likely to restart in rehearsal that are not already marked by a repeat mark, double bar, change of tempo or key, repeat ending etc. This limited the number of rehearsal letters at a time ...
- 01 Nov 2024, 12:46
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Slur directions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 365
Re: Slur directions
To me, it looks like the composer couldn't make up his mind, at least at first. He tries following the rule you mentioned, doesn't like the look of it, and tries the reverse, seems to like that better. Tries it one more time in violin 2, compares it to violin 1, and decides to go with under slurs, w...
- 30 Oct 2024, 20:01
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Diderot - Encyclopédie
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1497
Re: Diderot - Encyclopédie
Very interesting and a great addition to your library. Thanks for sharing. I found it inspiring:
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- 23 Oct 2024, 21:10
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: A Centered Beam in Bach
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1058
A Centered Beam in Bach
In the second movement of his Italian Concerto, Bach uses continual centered beams to distinguish two groups of instruments represented in the left hand: Italian Concerto 2 Ex 1.png Or was it just a convenient way to save space? Later editions modernize this notation because of the great difficultie...
- 15 Oct 2024, 01:20
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Bass clef oddity
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2407
Re: Bass clef oddity
Yes I am, NeeraWM. Have you seen this?