On 30.6.2002 02:10, "�ric 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 at the beginning is one good example. I would have > appreciated that he omitted some personal comments (some about SCORE for > example are quite funny but undeserved) here and there because its does give > an � amateur � style to it. 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, but you should resist the urge. > Tighly spaced music is easier to read, as more information is readily > available for the eye (...) � > > What about people who just want their music to look good. Most of my clients > are billed on an hourly rate, which I think is a lot more fair. I do > whatever I think is good for the music. Before reading this I was already > noticing that the examples in the book were often damn tight (sometimes a > couple of measures too many for a system) for my own taste, which may be > discutable. But the problem with Finale spacing is that it becomes uglier as > the music is becoming tighter. Am I silly or what? > > Eric > How tight is tight? It all depends on the music; layout, page-turns, repeats, sections and so on. Where can I buy Powell's book? Cortez _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
