On 01.07.2002 0:41 Uhr, Weldon Whipple wrote
> I don't know how publishers feel about attention paid to page turns, but
> THIS performer noticed them last week!
I can just repeat my story: Our orchestra was performing from newly engraved
parts (I think it was a Reichardt Opera, but I am not sure
Thank you to everybody on the list for your feedback. I see that most people
prefers tight spacing, which surprises me a little bit. I do space more
tightly when doing parts needing page turns, but I was thinking more of
general instrumental (classical piano, PVG etc...) spacing. I also looked at
At 10:10 PM 6/29/2002 -0400, Éric Dussault wrote:
> I am citing the part where I ask for your
>opinions :
>« Good engraving is almost always tight engraving. It may be tempting, when
>you are getting paid per page (the method most publishers use) to space
>music generously to create extra pages,
Weldon Whipple wrote:
[snip]>
> I don't know how publishers feel about attention paid to page turns, but
> THIS performer noticed them last week!
>
As a community band director who purchases new band works from a variety
of publishers, it seems as if the people who know anything about musi
On 01.07.2002 0:39 Uhr, John Howell wrote
>> But the problem with Finale spacing is that it becomes uglier as
>> the music is becoming tighter. Am I silly or what?
>
> Finale's defaults (which I have complained about in the past and won't
> repeat) give VERY wide spacing, which I feel leaves muc
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:39, Jón Kristinn Cortez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> How tight is tight? It all depends on the music; layout, page-turns,
> repeats, sections and so on.
Last Sunday night I was the (piano and organ) accompanist for a big
choral program. Since beginning to read Powell's book
I don't have the book in question, so I have no idea what the spacing looks
like, but I have always considered my spacing pretty tight. I have arrived
at tight spacing after having copied some scores or parts that I myself
considered to look good and readable. This tought me that the spacing table
Éric Dussault asked for opinions on this quote:
>« Good engraving is almost always tight engraving. It may be tempting, when
>you are getting paid per page (the method most publishers use) to space
>music generously to create extra pages, but you should resist the urge.
>Tighly spaced music is eas
Éric Dussault wrote:
>
>
>>Where can I buy Powell's book?
>>
>
> www.npcimaging.com
>
>
>>However, I also agree with you that the music has to look good, and that
>>if in your professional opinion a tighter layout is not good (I can
>>think of many older orchestral works which are way too
On 29 Jun 2002, at 22:10, Éric Dussault wrote:
> « Good engraving is almost always tight engraving. It may be tempting, when
> you are getting paid per page (the method most publishers use) to space
> music generously to create extra pages, but you should resist the urge.
> Tighly spaced music is
> Where can I buy Powell's book?
www.npcimaging.com
> However, I also agree with you that the music has to look good, and that
> if in your professional opinion a tighter layout is not good (I can
> think of many older orchestral works which are way too tight, along with
> many early-20th-cent
On 30.6.2002 02:10, "Éric Dussault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was just reading this new book and some ideas expressed by mr. Powell urge
> me to get the opinion of you people on this list.
> I first have to say that there are a lot of interesting things in this book.
> The staff sizes chart
Éric Dussault wrote:
> I was just reading this new book and some ideas expressed by mr. Powell urge
> me to get the opinion of you people on this list.
> I first have to say that there are a lot of interesting things in this book.
> The staff sizes chart at the beginning is one good example. I
I was just reading this new book and some ideas expressed by mr. Powell urge
me to get the opinion of you people on this list.
I first have to say that there are a lot of interesting things in this book.
The staff sizes chart at the beginning is one good example. I would have
appreciated that he o
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