Looks like excellent work to me, including the ties. Ray Horton Louisville Orchestra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 5:20 PM Subject: [Finale] Please have a look > Hi, gang. > > Please critique this pdf, a piano score (albeit a strange one). All > serious responses are welcomed and encouraged -- general impressions are > welcome as well. It is my best candidate for "modern" piano score, even > if the music is nearly 100 years old. Please note this is a total > knockoff, about four hours worth of my work (only two mugs of coffee), > intended as a break from the score I'm working on so my eyes won't go > completely buggy. The biggest slowdown was Finale's weird habit of > simplifying syncopations (any method of completely turning this off?) > I don't consider it perfect --- the ties need help, please advise as to > how you would go about resetting these -- however I do consider it > about 85%-95% correct. > > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze22zdy/alcotts.pdf > > or if you have trouble accessing it from there, try the link at: > > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze22zdy/index.html > > > 1. Is it in the realm of publishable? Does it say "professional" or > "wannabe" (be serious please)? Is this remotely impressive? What's > your initial reaction when the score pops up and you actually see what > piece it is? > > 2. What would you do differently, and how would you go about changing > it from this form (please give numerical numbers when talking about > resizing if you can -- i.e. this looks like it might want to shift a > XXX EVPUs, or this might want to be resized to XXX%)? Since most of > this piece is unmetered, and consequently there are no measure numbers, > please let me know which line you mean if you get specific, i.e, p.2/3 > or what a close marking is (and there's quite a few absolutely weird > ones that only occur once or twice). Oh yes ... the weird note > spellings are as written -- respelling isn't an issue. That's been > scrubbed to *death* considering the nature of this score. All voicings, > cross staffs, beaming, directions, marking placings, etc. are as the > composer intended, with the exception of two accent marks. > > 3. What do you think this would show were I to include it in a > portfolio? What value would seeing it have to you were you > considering employing me? Is it "too out"? Is it "just out enough"? > Does it demonstrate that I like a good challenge? > > Thanks in advance. > Keef. > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
