Hi all, > Vertical alignment of note heads is not mentioned in any book I've looked for > it in; but all the examples use left-alignment rather than centre-alignment. > I can see the appeal of centre-alignment, but in complex music even slight > departures from the established left-alignment can make fast reading a little > less certain.
Agreed. And (i.e., “more to your point”): since musical notes/events begin “at the same moment in time”, and time is [almost always] presented on the left-to-right axis in musical scores, the “beginning” of simultaneous events should line up vertically. > as I mentioned before, the font has a real effect on this. The Bärenreiter scans make this point crystal clear: in their font, whole notes and sub-whole notes have identical widths. Best, Kieren. __________________________________________________ My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working hours.
