[Finale] Expression marks

[Jonathan Smith]

My reaction was the same, but I have another question.  Our community band is preparing a concert program that includes several pieces in which all the accents are above the notes, even though (in the tuba part) the vast majority of notes are stems up on the staff.  Is this an acceptable variation, or a particular publisher's aberration? It's a bit disconcerting to read, which tells me it is not standard practice. John Doesn't a lot of this depend on the space available below the staff? A low tuba part requiring accents, hairpins and slurs is going to be difficult if not cramped to notate below the staff. Something must give and it is up to the engraver to decide case by case (or use an alt. like 'sim.' or 'accented'. But I agree, notehead placement is a lot easier to read and that is the main objective. The old fashioned traits found in the light music sector (shows, films, etc.) are changing. Many of the shortcuts hand copyists used are now redundant with the advent of computer notation packages, where most templates and defaults conform to the same style (thankfully). Jonathan

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