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What about cultures (like Japanese) that read vertically? From what I see the JIS specifications still state width x height. Japanese has actually been written horizontally since the mid 19th century. With both horizontal and vertical writing in use since before then under certain circumstances (fo...

paper size isn't math. it's not "a rectangle", it's a sheet of paper upon which graphical information will be printed. I'd say that the first thing you see is its "width", since we (Westerners) read from left to right = the width. Then we are conscious of the "length", ...

not USA, Canada. there's no "rule", there's no need for it. There are already the nomenclatures "portrait" and "landscape" which establish which direction the paper goes. Those two descriptors tell you what the disposition of the paper is. The size is a different matter...

since most paper used in publishing is in portrait mode, I generally presume that the shorter number is the width, and the longer the length.

so 9 (width) x 12 (length)

most writing paper here is measured this way: 8.5 x 11 (letter), 8.5 x 14 (legal), etc...

oh, I doubt I'd ever see more than two expressions one above the other in one of my scores. I was just postulating a rather extreme example

yes, that's horizontal, but if they need to be placed vertically?
am I to presume that the order would be highest to lowest (from left to right in this list)?
so:

Tutti
div.
arco
sul pont.
?

Is there a resource somewhere (I can't seem to find it in Gould, or at least, am not searching the correct wording to get my answer) indicating the normal hierarchy for playing techniques and expressions? for example, div., arco/pizz, unis., bow marking, harmonic circle, fermata, etc... I'm finding ...

benwiggy wrote: ↑05 Apr 2024, 08:06 and this has provoked some internet fury as 'unacceptable marketing'.

there will be internet fury at anything.
even when the iPad version is free, there will always be people who expect that version to do everything the full paid-for version does.

I think I may be misunderstanding the "laziness" comment.

I read very fluently in Treble, Alto, and Bass clefs. (as a matter of fact, I sometimes find myself reading material from Treble or Bass clefs in Alto, for some reason. It's like I can't turn off "alto mode" while reading.)

oh thank-you all!

I'm glad that the nagging voice in the back of my mind was insisting I ask the forum gurus.

I really hated the look of the tied notes.