At 4:43 PM -0500 3/1/07, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
dhbailey / 2007/03/01 / 04:19 PM wrote:
Most published editions don't have their
final line end anywhere other than flush against the right margin.
I have always wondered what is the reason for this. To me, if the last
line is shorter, it is helpful to show it's the end at a glance. For
the same reason, for my jazz charts, I start the solo section with new
line, and make the line before shorter if I can. This helps solo
section looping easier on eyes. Coda is indented, and the line before
also gets shorter when I can. My musicians appreciate these small helpers.
The history of both methods is probably based on hand copied scores.
I never, EVER tried to make last measures come out right flush in
manuscript, or to fill a page to the bottom. And yes, I used spacing
tricks to make reading and sightreading easier and more intuitive.
Engraving practice adopted other conventions.
John
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