At 1:54 PM -0800 2/19/06, Chuck Israels wrote:
*The most readable staff size is 8.5mm, measured from the bottom to
the top of the staff.
I think that's 100%, and looks too large to my eye.
On a music stand, with a stand partner, with a reading distance of
30-36" to the far side of the page, and eyes that need trifocals?
The guideline specifies strings, and strings have stand partners
(give or take the bass section).
*Measure numbers at beginning of line ONLY.
OK, except I use enclosed measure numbers above the staff as form
delineators, so they sometimes appear in other places.
With all due respect to MOLA, I learned my lesson on this way back in
the '60s. For recording studio charts, every bar is numbered,
because even a few seconds spent searching for a specific bar adds up
to minutes during a session and minutes cost big money. Same thing
is true, even if the costs are less, of rehearsals with backup bands
(which is what I was doing in the '60s). If it's good enough for
them, it's good enough for me, and I continue to number every bar in
everything I write. The numbers are small, but they're there for
when they're needed. And I too have recently started using enclosed
bar numbers rather than rehearsal letters or consecutive numbers, and
I place them to delineate form, always.
The biggest no-no in my estimation is numbering (and breaking
multimeasure rests) every 10 bars, which NEVER lines up with the
phrasing. Drives me nuts to have to read from parts done that way.
John
I do my best to get the beginnings of phrases to start at the
beginning of the line, but that sometimes leads to too many or too
few notes in one line of music, and my judgment call on this is to
balance the readability of more or less uniform "content per line"
weighed against the preference for formal clarity.
*60- or 70-lb offset paper, printed both sides.
Well, not for accordion fold parts, which are what most of my charts
call for. I have a VPS jig w/their special tape, which is nice for
booklet type parts, but that is not as practical a solution for jazz
charts.
So if I were more industrious I would look to see what reductions
those are in Finale, but this should give you something to go on,
anyway!
PS: WHERE DO YOU GET THE PARTS PAPER???
Dave Berger orders it in big lots from time to time and asks his
friends to go in on the order with him. I usually order two boxes
of 3000 sheets at a time. I think the more people who are in on
these orders, the less expensive and more practical it is. I see no
reason why you couldn't join the consortium.
Chuck
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