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Thank you for posting this: it's very interesting.

I didn't even notice the time signatures, but, yes, they do look a bit large. In the years (decades) when I hand copied many of my own parts, I always made time signatures larger than the staves. However, in typeset music that does seem to look a bit wrong. I too would not object if the stave, ledge...

These are most certainly not too thick or distracting for me. However, I'm commenting as a composer (and one time performer) rather than as a professional engraver.

… … … I would use chromatic glisses for the trombone slides. They could be a pretty good approximation if played rapidly. And omit tones as necessary to eliminate hand and thumb crossing, if possible. If the the slides are extensive, you could use both hands.… … … An unbroken slide glissando is lim...

In Rozsa's Cello Concerto's piano reduction, the final beating of the "frusta" (in Italian, don't know how to say it in English, it's the same of the opening of Ravel Piano Concerto in G) is written with an instruction for the pianist to clap their hands. Frustra is ‘whip’ in English. Any...

I'm expecting to completely redo the piano reduction (for soloist's rehearsal) of my 2nd cello concerto. Since I'm revisiting the piece (first performed in 2003), I should probably start the reduction again from scratch, especially as the existing piano rendering is awful. For much of the piece it's...

It looks quite good, but I suspect that there are things which the engraving experts (I don't regard myself as one of their number) on this forum will suggest should be improved.

Which conservatoire is it you are due to attend?

I wonder if something along these lines might work: when the note size is reduced to 65% the stave line thickness &c might be reduced to 85%? Today my old eyes have been struggling with a B & H study score of Elektra by Strauss. Some pages have a fearsome number of staves, necessitating a re...

Usually my music is printed either by the Scottish Music Centre in Glasgow, who are indeed expert at this sort of thing (I'm expecting to have a telephone call with someone there later today), or by my publishers ditto. Now there is also the business of parts on iPad, although I haven't yet got to g...

When assembling a part as a PDF, what is the best way of dealing with a fold out page (ie one making a three page spread)? In my specific case, four of the eight parts end with a page I've labelled 9b, which folds out from the page I've labelled 9a. I usually assemble PDFs thus: Cover, followed by a...