I think that's 100%, and looks too large to my eye.
On a music stand, with a stand partner, with a reading distance of
30-36" to the far side of the page, and eyes that need trifocals? The
guideline specifies strings, and strings have stand partners (give or
take the bass section).
One of the things that has always struck me about the Orchestra
Librarians' reccomendations is how often and how obviously they reach
for the sky. When I started publishing music, I used as the model for
my orchestral parts the actual parts that I have been wont to play from
in a variety of orchestras--on a bassoon, and lately with trifocals.
These correspond, on the average, to Finale's 80%. 100% is what you see
in songsters for little kids. In this case, as in so many others, the
librarians have clearly decided that they would like parts to be larger
in the future, so they have set a guideline that is bigger than
anything actual musicians actually see on their music stands every day.
Me, I feel free to ignore them. I believe 100% to be a flatly
unrealistic requirement, not because of any waste of ink or paper, but
because it makes it extremely difficult to arrange proper page turns
for any instrument except maybe the tuba. The idea that one could get
good page turns for 1st violin under such circumstances is merely
laughable.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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