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- 10 Oct 2015, 12:55
- Forum: Manual Notation
- Topic: Pencil engraving - scores
- Replies: 8
- Views: 35328
Re: Pencil engraving - scores
Hand copying was all done "by eye". No calculating or measuring. So it was more like a piece of visual art, than a technical diagram. I think many hand copyists had a strong visual art talent as well as being musicians; this is what drew (no pun intended) them to this field.
- 09 Oct 2015, 22:38
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: 12/8 Question
- Replies: 60
- Views: 90517
Re: 12/8 Question
OCTO, If Arnstein had copied that passage in the Wagner Tannhäuser Overture, you would not have had to put in all those beat markings! You must be referring to the endless pairs of 16th-notes in 4/4 at the end. Arnstein would have beamed all of those in groups of 4, not 2, and you and your colleague...
- 09 Oct 2015, 21:27
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Behind Bars
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24816
Re: Behind Bars
I know which side of my bread is buttered and will therefore refrain from further comment. (-:
- 09 Oct 2015, 21:22
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: 12/8 Question
- Replies: 60
- Views: 90517
Re: 12/8 Question
Peter, Arnstein, of course, would have used eight rests throughout, even though this is technically not in 12/8, so no decision- or exception-making would have been necessary. I wonder if one reason that this is NOT notated in 12/8 (in spite of the fact that this is the style of music for which 12/8...
- 09 Oct 2015, 19:11
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Clef design comparision
- Replies: 102
- Views: 121997
Re: Clef design comparision
Knut, OCTO's blue line shows the clockwise rotation that you were describing. Did you actually design the clef with the blue line vertical and then rotate the symbol, or simply start with that angle and design the clef around it? I did rotate your clef and like it better that way. I agree with OCTO ...
- 09 Oct 2015, 16:33
- Forum: Books and Sites
- Topic: Behind Bars
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24816
Re: Behind Bars
Now I am in really big trouble!
- 09 Oct 2015, 14:55
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Simplify notes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14003
Re: Simplify notes
A good musician would stop the trill on the the fourth beat no matter what notation is used. But if you want to use symbols and nail it down, write: Baroque-Trill-copy.gif This would be one of the those cases where the trill "stops' on the upper note, against the normal rule. But of course it r...
- 08 Oct 2015, 23:44
- Forum: Type and Font Design
- Topic: Quarter rest design
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23000
Re: Quarter rest design
Knut, you are absolutely right. It is that lower projection sticking out below the rest of the symbol that gives me this impression. With yours, it is very slight. I am sorry to be so picky, but obviously you are looking for honest opinions.
- 08 Oct 2015, 22:30
- Forum: Manual Notation
- Topic: Pencils for music
- Replies: 21
- Views: 67813
Re: Pencils for music
I use whatever pencil comes to hand, but unfortunately, it never has any eraser left on it. So for me, the perfect pencil would have an eraser than lasted as long as the pencil. I haven't found one yet, maybe because I make so many mistakes.
- 08 Oct 2015, 22:25
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: 12/8 Question
- Replies: 60
- Views: 90517
Re: 12/8 Question
I find Arnstein's solution with eighth rests and brackets by far the best.
Were I the player, I would still have to pencil in beat markings in the Gould version, so I see no advantage to it. And it has the disadvantage of over-complicating the notation just to follow an arbitrary rule.
Were I the player, I would still have to pencil in beat markings in the Gould version, so I see no advantage to it. And it has the disadvantage of over-complicating the notation just to follow an arbitrary rule.