Why and when would you beam over barlines?
While schools of thought vary, many composers want to highlight hemiolas and other rhythmic effects with their beaming – even when this might seem at odds with basic engraving principles.
Why and when would you beam over barlines?
While schools of thought vary, many composers want to highlight hemiolas and other rhythmic effects with their beaming – even when this might seem at odds with basic engraving principles.
MakeMusic announced today the upcoming release of Finale NotePad 2012, which will be available for download on February 15, 2012.
Sometimes I get in a rut, in part because I’m often short on time. There may be a better way to do this or that, but either because I feel I don’t have time to learn something new, or I’m simply set in my ways, I often stay the old course.
I’ve recently discovered a few YouTube videos that make great use of music notation. I’d like to propose that the Finale blog should present its own award for the “Best Use of Music Notation in a YouTube Video,” or, at the very least, we should share some links to the best notation-related videos.
Like any written language, music notation continually evolves. In October 1974 more than eighty musicians, representing seventeen countries, met in Ghent, Belgium to discuss this evolution.