NOTATIO

I guess it depends on the musical material of the piece and which other time signatures are used in it – but for me, two arguments in general support version C (two 8ths and four 16ths): 1. when changing between binary and ternary in the classical repertoire, you switch between 2/4 and 6/8 (or 4/4 a...

Thank you all for your great tips! OCTO, yes, and on the Schott website, you can peruse many of the scores. I can also recommend looking at their editions of Henze opera/ballet scores, like Boulevard Solitude, König Hirsch, Undine. These engravings were done in the 1950s and show Schott at their bes...

Dear colleagues, we all know the reference books like Gould, Read, Ross etc. – but oftentimes, it can be best to "go to the source" and look at the great publishers best efforts directly, especially for the more minute details. Let's compile some scores that we keep coming back to for stud...

Hi mburns, in addition to what John said, maybe proofread once more the markings, I noticed "en cédant un peu" is missing (before a tempo); correct spelling of "sans dureté" (2x); lié instead of liè (if my french serves me right here) also, "Composed 1922" is the only E...

Hi Nordine, good to see you hard-working as ever!

Can you tell a bit about your goals/inspiration for this font?

The look reminds me of some of the Wiener Urtext Editions.

best regards
Roland

Dear Malte, dear Josh, MTF-Cadence (Abraham Lee’s own design?) Isn’t that inspired by LilyPond’s default font Emmentaler? I remember Abraham talking about how there were *some* things about Emmentaler that he didn't like, and that he wanted to bring better balance... and I agree with him. Emmentaler...

The reason you like that flag is because it's a completely different font. That second example you gave is not the old style, but a SCORE notehead, flag, and flat. Dear Josh, I commend your keen eye, you’re absolutely right! I originally wanted to post an excerpt from my Lulu vocal score, but when ...

Dear members of the forum, With the recent re-release of some MTF music fonts , I figured this would be a good occasion have a discussion of our "go-to" engraver fonts. For those who haven't seen it yet, re-released as SMuFL are the following: MTF-Arnold (UE-style) MTF-Beethoven (Henle-sty...

Dear OCTO, sorry for the delay and thanks a lot for your message! Yes, the „sans serif“-look is deliberate (the quarter note X notehead is already sans serif in most X notehead designs) – I find this a fitting contrast to the normal noteheads when the X notehead is used for special techniques and it...

Dear Michel, which alternative notation do you then use (e.g. for a string player or pianist knocking on the instrument), normal noteheads on a one line staff? Or something different? Thanks for your message! Dear OCTO, thanks a lot for your example, these noteheads look very fine and clear! Is this...