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

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Vaughan and Knute;

  I guess what I was asking for is a best practice as the clutter
there seems a bit much.

  I think I will make a midi-specific version and hide all the
metronome marks (beyond the initial one) in it.

  That means I need to do "rit.", "accel.", and "a tempo" in place of
the specified metronome marks.

  I'll gladly implement the suggestion of moving the "D.C. al Coda" to bar #131.

  Now no vertical position tweaks are required.

  Then it will be fairly easy to transition the piece from 2.22.2 to
2.23.x/2.24x to gain the new repeat segno feature.

Thanks,
Ken

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 8:55 AM Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 11:06 PM Vaughan McAlley <vaughan@mcalley.net.au> 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Oct 2022, 10:36 Kenneth Wolcott, <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi;
> >>
> >> Complex vertical positioning (eight items in four bars)
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Original pdf, my engraving and my Lilypond source are attached.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ken Wolcott
> >
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Vaughan
> >
>
> 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