That's why music copyists should be payed a lot! :) I'm joking but my experience in arranging for small and large jazz ensemble and small and large mixed voices ensembles is really time and eyes consuming!
My 0,02 ----- Original Message ----- From: "dc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:09 PM Subject: [Finale] engraving time > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
