Darcy, I completely agree with you. I wasn't for a moment trying to
defend my former shameful habits. I just wondered if it was possible,
for this one very particular project, to adopt this unorthodox style.
John
On 18 Mar 2005, at 11:42, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 17 Mar 2005, at 11:00 PM, John Bell wrote:
I have a small project in which I do want to produce some music that
looks handwritten. My own style, pre-computer, was distinctive in
that I attached all stems, whether up or down ones, to the
right-hand side of note-heads. Is there any way that this can be
achieved with Jazz or Inkpen?
John, I'm afraid I think that's an absolutely awful idea. Just
because you want a project to look handwritten, that doesn't give you
license to make up the rules as you go along. If you really want it
to look like authentic manuscript, get a copy of Clinton Roemer's _The
Art of Music Copying_ and follow his practices.
There's good and bad handwritten music, just as there is good and bad
engraving. Putting all downstems on the right-hand side of the
notehead falls squarely in the latter category.
- Darcy
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