First of all, despite the subject heading, I am talking about *system* reduction and definitely not individual staff reduction. On a single staff piece, the only way to access system reduction is to right click or (mac) ctrl-click to the left of the staff in page view.
I have an edition of The Rite of Spring from International Music, which I believe is a reprint of some older edition. Compare, e.g., pp. 76-77. Page 77 has a smaller redux due to the increased number of instruments from p. 76. Such changes in redux from one page to the next are commonplace in orch. scores. It is an extremely unusual case that calls for different staff sizes within a system of an conductor score. An example where it does happen is the staves for the on-stage bands at the end of Act I of Don Giovanni. See the Dover edition, pp. 192ff. Richard Huggins wrote: > > For my own edification I'd appreciate a breakdown of such a need, such as > how what would happen between, say, page 2 and page 3 on such a score that > might call for changing the staff (system?) reductions, and if you mean that > the flute staff (example) might be smaller in size (except margins) than a > violin staff or something. This particular aspect is just foreign to me > since I've never faced it; I'd like to be conversant with the kind of > situation that produces it or that could benefit from using it. > -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
