Re: RFC: rethink horizontal alignment of mid-staff bar numbers

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi all,

> Looks like my recollection was wrong here: In most *classical* scores.
> The medleys of film music that I played in (hobby) orchestras mostly
> use rehearsal marks and / or bar numbers *below* bar lines.

Yes.

>> Measure-centred bar numbers are fairly standard in film scores.
> 
> Do you mean the conductor's score? Or maybe the full soundtrack scores
> for professionals follow a different style than what I described above?

The conductor’s score for a film score basically always has measure-centred bar 
numbers.
The parts tend to follow the “classical” style (bar-line-attached), but that 
convention is changing.

Cheers,
Kieren.
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