[Finale] RE: Please have a look.

[Keef]

Actually please go on ....

Here's an example of the help that I need *in action*.

First this is a rough draft.  It is not a final copy.

OK , here is my 2¢

Spacing is bad: there is too much room around your invisible barlines (e.g.
after the first three notes and many other places)
The first invisible measure is a 9/8 bar, actually.   The first 
invisible barline occurs between the Cm right hand chord and the first 
sixteenth-note figure.

The funniest thing is that everyone who has suggested this has chosen 
everywhere in the measures other than where the actual invisible 
barlines are.  And no one has suggested the first step.

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Slurs are much too close to staccato dots, even touching them at some points

Example?   The clearest example I can see is the C-minor chord here in 
the right hand with that marking above it.  When you zoom in close you 
will find that the slur is not touching.

However, you're right it might be too close.  What do you do in your 
global settings to avoid this?  What's your *numbers*?

Grace notes are too far from main notes, also (IMO) too small

Your preferred ratios?

Very ugly tie at beginning of second system and several other places

Ah yes.   The giveaway that I hadn't run any tie plug-ins yet.    Not a 
consideration for a first draft.   It comes upon solving the tie problem 
(which a few people have emailed me decent suggestions -- thanks everyone!).

Syncopated half rests in 3rd system are wrong (even if they are that way in
the original)
Nothing about the note values or accidentals are wrong except distancing 
from the note in the case of the accidentals.  (The stacking of the 
accidentals -- i.e. which rules are broken or bent where is also from 
the autograph, not the edition).   Everything is as true as possible to 
the autograph; if Ives wrote it "wrong" it stays "wrong."   There are 
two spots where the note values do not add up vertically, but they are 
not wrong because Ives wrote it that way.  ..

Personal dislike: I hate those accents in Maestro, they are too wide

Well since you can bring in another accent from somewhere else and 
adjust its size, do you have any recommendations as to another font that 
you use that has worked for you?

Distance between treble and bass staves is too great

This is highly flexible.   You only have four systems for the page,   
Where do you put your gap of white space when you're confronted with 
this issue?  My other choice was to make page 2 the second 5 system 
staff, but it would be more pleasing if facing pages buddied.    So the 
last two pages got the 5 system staves

This was obviously formatted on an 8.5X11 inch page; most (American)
publishers would prefer 9X12 or 10X13.
So noted.   It is not a concern at the moment.

Third system on page 3: very poor alignment of accidentals
 

Suggestions?   Methods of dealing with it?   There are some that could 
be better but they do reflect Ives's hand.

I could go on, but I've probably been way too negative already 
 

Please do.   Please share how you would deal with these things as well. 

None of the publishers I work for would accept this, sorry.

Ronald M. Krentzman
R&M Music Preparation
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