Score with no dots!

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benwiggy
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Score with no dots!

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At a rehearsal last night, we were presented with a score printed by a large, well-known UK publisher, in which every single dot was missing! Dots on i and j: Missing. Fullstops. Missing. Dots on Dotted notes: Missing. (It's in 3/4.)

As the conductor said: most of it is obvious, but we have no way of knowing if any part is staccato! :lol:

I can't imagine how it happened: some kind of weird prepress anomaly. All other text and symbols were there: staff lines, hairpins, all correct.
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Den
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Hahaha :lol:
ex.fermata without dot
optical illusion for conductor :mrgreen:

"I can't imagine how it happened: some kind of weird prepress anomaly. All other text and symbols were there: staff lines, hairpins, all correct."

:-| hmmm
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Anders Hedelin
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It's always troublesome when things go missing. Here's a fermata without the vault.
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benwiggy
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You two should pool resources!
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Thanks, benwiggy. I think I might have found a niche there.
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Den
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benwiggy wrote: 26 Feb 2020, 16:59 You two should pool resources!
Anders Hedelin wrote: 26 Feb 2020, 18:15 Thanks, benwiggy. I think I might have found a niche there.
:mrgreen: :lol:
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Den
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But now seriously... Without funny!
What dots mean in Braille music.... :cry: :cry:
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OCTO
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benwiggy wrote: 26 Feb 2020, 12:48 a score printed by a large, well-known UK publisher, in which every single dot was missing! Dots on i and j: Missing. Fullstops. Missing. Dots on Dotted notes: Missing.

I can't stop laughing!!
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John Ruggero
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Dot's nice!
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Agatha Christie might have made something splendid of this - "The Missing Dots Mystery".

Just imagine the setting in an old music publishing house. Eerie.
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