Re: Complex vertical positioning (eight items in four bars)

[Knute Snortum]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 11:06 PM Vaughan McAlley <vaughan@mcalley.net.au> wrote:
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> On Wed, 26 Oct 2022, 10:36 Kenneth Wolcott, <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi;
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>> Complex vertical positioning (eight items in four bars)
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>> I'm engraving a Piano arrangement of the Waltz Nr 2 using a previously
>> typeset example (from the Suite for Jazz Orchestra composed by Dmitri
>> Shostakovich), in which I encounter a complex vertical positioning
>> situation.
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>> Prior to making any further tweaks, I'd like to ask you all for your
>> opinion on whether or not the prior typesetter's choices were optimal.
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>> Original pdf, my engraving and my Lilypond source are attached.
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>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
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> Hi Ken,
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> It looks like the tempo markings are artifacts of producing the MIDI file, 
> and can be safely left out of the score. I have a rogue tempo marking in 30 
> printed copies of a 100-page score because I wanted to listen to one movement 
> quicker than it would eventually sound.
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> Vaughan
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What specifically is the problem you're trying to solve?  Measures
93-95 look crowded, but that's another problem.  Personally, I would
put the D.C. al coda on measure 131.  That might help.

--
Knute Snortum

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