Any advice on this topic?
I guess it depends on a few things:
1) Is the score for performance, publication, or some other use?
2) (If it's for performance) Are you going to be the only
conductor/music director using the score?
3) (If for publication) on what size paper will it be printed?
4) Are there any divisi figures between two chairs that, if put
on one staff would look REALLY busy, and hard to read with up-stems
and down-stems on the same staff?
If it'll be hard to read because the music's too small, double up. If
it's going to be on reasonable size paper, but you're more concerned
about quick "eyeballing" of sections, double-up. If one staff per
instrument works well for you, then go for it (if you'll be the only
music director looking at the score).
Also, if there isn't anything too complicated in one layer of a staff
going against something equally complicated in another layer of the
same staff, then you (or other conductors) won't have a problem
looking at it, and making heads or tails of it while in rehearsal.
I hope this was helpful.
"Early Music enthusiasts think outside the Bachs!"
OUCH! :)
Dana
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