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I should certainly have remembered the quadruple dots for the chorus in the Verdi Requiem (which also has numerous triple dots in both vocal and instrumental parts).

There are certainly triple dots in Bruckner in the 9th Symphony, but I think elsewhere too.

I remember a thread on the old Finale forum in which people were complaining about mere double dots on the grounds that ‘most’ sight-readers would get them wrong. Really?

I like the first solution suggested by MalteM.

Ha! Now that I find very interesting. I'm now listening to it in my head as I hope it is intended, based on your analysis. Unfortunately it is quite beyond me to play it in effective context, but I do have a vivid ‘inner ear.’ Yes, I believe you are right. Thank you for this wonderful insight.

I suspect (but I may be wrong) that the switch from Sibelius to Dorico seems less daunting than the switch from Finale. As long as Finale remains functional, I suspect I'll stick with it despite the many frustrations. I suppose if no professional copyists/engravers were willing to work on composers'...

I wonder how one might best extend these thoughts to Beethoven's various bowing, slurring and other legato markings in his orchestral string writing. There was a style of playing in the mid-20th century (Karajan et al) in which slurred and unslurred notes tended to sound identical: one could not hea...

Superb! Thank you very much John, this (either) is just what I need.

What a pity that you are not doing the whole vocal score, as I'm certain you'd make a very much better job of it than will I.

Might the simplest answer be to have the clarinet on a cue stave?

It seems likely that I'll have to make my own vocal score of the piece a page of which is in the attached screenshot. I did start by making a draft vocal score as I went along, but inevitably have abandoned that idea. Anyway, the page shown looks simplicity itself ( :4 = 60) until you notice that on...

It certainly looks impressive.