I do my work in three stages:
1. Data entry 2. Proofing that entry 3. Layout
For a 15 minute Sinfonia with multiple movements and a band of 2 Trumpets, Tympani, 2 Horns, 2 Flutes, and Strings and Continuo
that's 40-50 hours worth of work. I felt bad about my speed until another person who has worked on this same composer told me that
they spent about the same amount of time.
And my personal goal is to have my scores look at least 1/2 as professional and elegant as what you produce Dennis.
What you do with Finale is amazing.
What you do with Finale is amazing.
On 2/14/06, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm wondering how much time one should be spending on average on getting a
page of music ready for publication. I know, of course, it depends on the
type of music. I'm thinking specifically of the type of music I do mostly
myself, of course: baroque vocal pieces for one or several voices and
(unrealized) basso continuo. Which means lyrics (very time consuming, in my
experience), figured bass (even worse!), but, on the other hand, relatively
few articulations, dynamics, etc., and fairly simple music.
The reason I ask is 1) I don't consider myself as a professional engraver,
so I don't imagine I can hope to work as fast as one and 2) I rarely if
ever do only the engraving of a project, since I'm involved in the editing,
the research, etc.
I've never precisely timed my work, and, of course, even in this limited
repertoire there are many variables, but I do think that I must spend at
least 45 minutes on each page, between the entering of the music and the
lyrics, and all the rest - the spacing, the layout, the proofing, the
corrections, etc., before I have something I consider fit for publication,
or at least fit for proofing by someone else.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Dennis
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