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Thank you, Ben.

The Peters is correct, but did Ravel really write it as shown in the first version or did the engravers make a mistake? If he did write it like that then I'm guessing it was just an oversight.

Okay, thanks.

That makes some sense. But I thought that's why up bow symbols were drawn so differently than the marcato accent, and when the marcato is upside down is beneath the staff anyway.

Thanks, John. Yes, it can be placed beneath a note of a second voice, but I'm talking about the default nature standard of marcato symbols always (or almost always) being above the staff of a single voice staff. I don't get it. You have a line of stem up notes going along with an accent here, a tenu...

This touches on a pet peeve of mine that I know nothing can be done about, but can anyone tell me what makes the marcato (rooftop) accent special with respect to it having to always be placed above the staff? I don't understand this and it seems like one of those things that people do because "...

I don't know if I've ever seen a Schirmer score, but I came across there style guide recently and found it pretty standard in most places but eccentric in others. For example, they don't apply trill lines unless the note is tied. Even if it's a whole note, it doesn't get a trill line.

I agree with both of you. I don't recall ever seeing accents in the staff and it doesn't look right to me.

What are your thoughts on accents and staccatissimos in the staff? I was looking through the Schirmer Manual of Style and Usage and they said they consider articulations to be part of the notehead and their house style is to place them in the staff if need be, under the same conditions a staccato or...

What are your thoughts on accents and staccatissimos in the staff? I was looking through the Schirmer Manual of Style and Usage and they said they consider the articulations to be part of the notehead and their house style is to place them in the staff if need be, under the same conditions a staccat...

Thank you, John.