NOTATIO

In the first quarter of the 18th century, dynamics were usually restricted to piano and forte, with the occasional pp. Other terms and symbols were used, such as shapes filled in to varying degrees. (Performers would of course provide their own dynamic performance practices, e.g. playing a repeated ...

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not particularly a fan of most of their videos. I think I'm just too impatient to sit through an hour long video to find the 30 seconds of relevant info, when I could have skimmed and read it in a tiny fraction of that time. At the very least, most of the...

I remember when starting with Finale in the 80's, having no experience of any digital notation whatsoever, and not even access to a manual, but all the same starting with a rather demanding work of mine. I think what got me going was the thrill of seeing an advanced score being visualised in that e...

Anyway, would I be able to pick up enough about Dorico as I go along, given my current reasonable fluency in Finale, to undertake this moderately large (but not huge) project as an exercise in learning (if not actually mastering) Dorico? Or should I just stick to what I already think I know (Finale...

Abraham supplied a JSON file with the SMuFL version of Cadence, so if you bought MTF-Cadence, you should have the JSON file. Back on topic, Overture hasn't been updated since 2019. Don Williams has supposedly been working on Encore 6, which is due to be released in "Late Fall 2022"... He i...

tisimst wrote: ↑14 Jul 2023, 17:15It is technically correct... There are times, though, when it can be unnecessary.

The golden rule of Music Engraving!

I'll ask whether the singers performing the piece have any preference. As with typography and graphic design, the best communication goes unnoticed by the reader -- they tend to notice only its absence, or in direct comparison of two alternatives. I was singing in a choir a while ago, and everyone ...

Nepomuk, if I may, is actually very good at lyrics.

Various Caslons and Centurys also fit the bill.

Garamond is of course a classic typeface; but it does have a comparatively small body height -- modern fonts tend to have bigger bodies and smaller ascenders, which keeps legibility at small sizes. The small counters of 'e' and 'a' can be hard to discern, too. And it's not that compact along the hor...

Finale and Dorico are frequently discussed on this site -- their pros and cons, capabilities and failings -- (and also those of MuseScore); but not much is said about Sibelius. Supposedly the notation app with the largest user base: is anyone here using it as their first choice app? What are its sho...