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- 27 Oct 2023, 09:51
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
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Re: Stem Direction question
The point I'm making is that there probably is a psychological difference in notating and/or playing with or without a key signature. Possibly this isn't the kind of psychological difference you had in mind, David, but anyway I found this example of a key signature in an othertwise no-signature con...
- 26 Oct 2023, 19:13
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
Key signatures, if used, aren't just to minimize accidentals but to convey a tonal center. ... I always use a key sig that conveys the actual tonal center, whether major or minor, and then show the mode by using accidentals. Perhaps that's more appropriate in music with a more stable tonal center? ...
- 26 Oct 2023, 07:19
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
Thanks for your extensive reply, Fred! I have a question, though. As I understand modal key signatures, in fx E Dorian there would be two sharps etc. Now, wouldn't a key signature with F sharp and C sharp be quite unproblematic, regardless of which scales and harmonies there are? Or, have I misunder...
- 24 Oct 2023, 13:35
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
In my experience this came especially from percussion players who asked for a different instrument disposition or staff usage in parts. Yes, percussions are special. In their part I use to combine them all in a percussion score (usually without Timpani). This gives the players a lot of cues from th...
- 24 Oct 2023, 12:51
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
Now I’m going to ask more performers and experienced copying colleagues about this to see if I come across a general preference. In a number of healthy discussions here on how to write for musicians, I've often heard something like "they haven't complained". Which obviously sounds like gu...
- 20 Oct 2023, 17:44
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
Good point.John Ruggero wrote: ↑20 Oct 2023, 17:41 Is it possible that only engravers are concerned about the "rules" of stem direction?
- 20 Oct 2023, 17:13
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Stem Direction question
- Replies: 50
- Views: 820830
Re: Stem Direction question
... I find some phrases read more easily with the stem up. I suspect that many copyists today default to stem-down because that’s what their software does by default. When I've tried to be "more flexible" about stem direction in my engravings, I've come to the rather banal conclusion that...
- 12 Oct 2023, 18:24
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Beethoven's dots after a barline
- Replies: 18
- Views: 62066
Re: Beethoven's dots after a barline
Thank you JJP, for your detailed and enlightening reply! It seems quite obvious the way you put it, but then, you have to know before it's obvious to you!
- 11 Oct 2023, 16:49
- Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
- Topic: Beethoven's dots after a barline
- Replies: 18
- Views: 62066
Re: Beethoven's dots after a barline
I wonder if notation got simplified for business reasons. As JJP said, sight-reading this asks for mistake, and especially in the film industry, every mistake costs a fortune. In classical music, a performance should never be at sight-reading level. I believe we should keep conventions separated by...
- 06 Oct 2023, 06:19
- Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
- Topic: Placement of the staccato on headless notes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 27569
Re: Placement of the staccato on headless notes
I recall trying this for a job I had and discovering there was a surprising difference between two possible ways of hiding the noteheads: Headless staccato A.JPG Headless staccato B.JPG The really surprising thing was that the difference ocurred not when changing the noteheads as you might have expe...