NOTATIO

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.

yeah, that's why I'm asking hehehehe.

I find the single note clearer, but one never knows, do one.

I have chords played in the strings, quarter note value. almost all happen on the beat... except for one, which is off by half a beat. I need to know whether I should write it as I would "normally" write an off-beat note (ie: tied values), or if I should use a single value. In the image,vi...

no conductor I've ever spoken to has ever said to me "I'd rather see the score in C".

as a matter of fact, most have expressed extreme disdain for any scores "in C".

really, all I can say is that I despise the look of a very opened accent articulation (like #3 in the OP).
one of the first things I changed when I switched to Dorico was the default accent font to one that was slimmer (not that Dorico's was horribly wide, but still wider than I wanted.)

I'm partial to the very first one you have in your lineup.
however, I find it lagging a bit too far to the left in relation to the notehead.

I suspect that "moteur lent" and "moteur rapide" would be equally understood (as well as shorter)