NOTATIO

Knut, I agree totally with you that consistency is extremely important if the player is not to be confused, but only within parallel instances. Here are two complete pages from the first edition of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11. At times, both the beaming and stem direction are non-standard, eve...

Since we have revived this thread on beaming, maybe it is acceptable if I change the subject a little to secondary beam breaks? I was recently called to account for my failure to break through to the 1/8th note level in a group of eight 32nd notes (as advocated by E. Gould) in an example I posted at...

Thanks, Knut. There are things that I don't care for about the engraving, particularly the slurs. And the opaque beams are not always carried out well. But the idea itself is excellent and should be an option in Finale, Sibelius etc. just as French beams are an option.

I think that implementing this is something that a Finale plug-in developer might be interested in. It is probably rash to say this without seeing this "opaque" beaming in action, but I think that it could be a true engraving advance; and one that is so interesting because it is only possi...

How interesting! I see a lot in favor of it and nothing against it, at least from the performer's point of view. And one would think that the computer program should do the work rather than the engraver. It certainly could simplify some issues regarding beam angles. (The slur could use some work, ho...

Truthfully, I am completely out of my element in trying to advise you, DatOrganistTho, since I have no expertise in this area. I was hoping that someone more knowledgable would take up your question. Since that is not happening, please take this for what it is worth: Your last example appears best t...

You are very welcome, DatOrganistTho. Thanks for introducing me to this program. It turns out that the "glitch" was really the result of my inexperience with the unique terminology of MuseScore. They call a notehead a "note" and anything with a stem a "chord". So had I ...

Yes, it would be almost essential to have the composer's MS, Peter; I hope that it is available. Written communications between composer and copyist would also be helpful. I think that the multi-staff layout helps the player grasp the concept behind the notes, which is more important in this case th...

Dear Wess, I am very sorry for the unforgivably long time in responding to your help. I just tried the smaller brace and it works beautifully through a surprisingly wide range of staff distances, which is perfect for my application. Thank you so much.

It was so well said by DatOrganistTho that I immediately downloaded MuseScore and set to work notating a couple of measures from Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no. 13. I was immediately impressed with how well thought-out the program is and how easy it is to use. However, I did run into an immediate gli...