On 26.09.2015 16:22, Brian Barker wrote:
At 16:15 26/09/2015 +0200, Simon Albrecht wrote:
On 26.09.2015 16:14, Brian Barker wrote:
Just to add another statistic: ...
Which is only one opinion.
Isn't that what "another statistic" means?
(Mind you, the unqualified suggestion of the Senior New Music Editor
at Faber Music since 1987 probably counts for something!)
I totally agree that bar numbers should be displayed at the beginning of
every staff. However the suggestion to place it above the clef of the
top staff is highly disputable: it might (in some cases) be mistaken as
a clef modifier, for one thing. And it’s equally valid to place the bar
number before the system start delimiter, on the vertical center (as in
the venerable Breitkopf&Härtel 1926 Brahms Edition, e.g.) or where
LilyPond places it.
I just said that because often Elaine Gould is used as kind of a bible
and as normative reference, whereas a notable part of her statements are
personal suggestions and a matter of style or preference. She’s just the
only one who has made a comprehensive publication on the topic (with
Stone and Gardner/Read already being more specific, IIUC), but the
opinions of the master engravers of (chiefly, amongst others) Peters and
Breitkopf of the ‘golden age’ of hand-engraving music are at least
equally valuable.
Yours, Simon
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