PS The title/composer/copyright font looks an awful lot like Comic Sans. There are much better options available.
Titles in this style are traditionally in ALL CAPS. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 22, 2014, at 3:57 AM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > In addition to co-signing everything Chris said: > > The pickup measure is much too wide. > > 2 mm./system on systems 1, 2, and 4 is much too loose. 3 mm/system throughout > prior to solos would be better. > > You need stems down on the B and D in the main staff in mm.7-8 and m.12. You > need to configure your file so that the rhythm section hits do not affect > stem or tie direction in the main staff. > > Also, any ties on the rhythm section hits should go above, not below. > > The sixteenth tuplet in m.10 needs a bracket and the number needs adjustment. > > The "Emi7(b5)" symbol in m.12 should move to the right, and the F13 symbol > should move left and up to avoid collision. You need to make it clear that > there is a chord on each eighth note hit — right now it looks like both hits > are on "Emi7(b5)." Also, the internal spacing of the "Emi7(b5)" symbol could > be much improved so that it doesn't take up so much space. > > Stems could be a bit thicker and barlines thicker still. Staff lines, stem > lines, and barlines should be set to a different thickness. > > The diminished circle symbol does not have the handwritten look — it appears > to come from a different font than the other chord suffixes. > > Finally, I'd use slash and diamond noteheads for the hits, not X's. You also > have a regular (non-diamond) notehead above the staff in m.7 > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > On Apr 21, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Girard Bowe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I used Darcy's & Steve's suggestions for the Blues on My Mind leadsheet, and >> here is the result: >> >> http://freejazzinstitute.com/showposts.php?dept=transcriptions >> >> Thanks again - I'm open to comments regarding the look - would you have laid >> it out this way? >> >> Giz >> Richmond VA >> >> |-----Original Message----- >> |From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> |Darcy James Argue >> |Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:40 AM >> |To: [email protected] >> |Subject: Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think >> | >> |Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff, >> reduce size, >> |and use the "Hide Ledger Lines" plugin. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
