Lee:
Those are excellent points. I"m afraid, however, that I can't
combine too much in this particular score. The good news is, that
the person for whom I'm writing the piece is younger than I, and has
excellent vision ... he'll need it!
Muchas Gracias
Dean
On Oct 21, 2005, at 1:23 AM, Lee Actor wrote:
If you intend your score to actually be read by a conductor, I
recommend a
page size of 11x14, printed on 11x17 and trimmed to size. It's
true that
the staff size won't be any larger than 8.5x14, but I personally
find the
latter to be too narrow a shape. Almost all of my scores are
11x14, and the
largest at 23 staves is still legible at a distance. I do have a
concert
band score which I reluctantly made 11x17, since it had 33 staves.
I say
"reluctantly" because 11x17 scores tend toward floppiness on music
stands,
plus they don't fit in most briefcases.
BTW, if any of your 22 staves are for individual winds (i.e., 2
flutes on 2
staves), see if you can combine like instruments on the same staff
at least
in pairs, unless the parts are rhythmically too dissimilar or cross
each
other a lot. That makes scores more conductor-friendly (easier to
read if
vertical eye movement is minimized).
Lee Actor
Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic
http://www.leeactor.com
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