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July 01, 2024Read More
By A-R's house editors
The category of grace notes includes various types of ornamental notation: appoggiaturas, acciaccaturas, coulés, slides, Nachschläge, and many others. This article covers guidelines on styling and formatting them within your edition.
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March 16, 2022Read More
By A-R's house editors
In Western art music of the common-practice period, barlines are used to divide written or printed music into metrical sections, or measures. In general, the placement of barlines should follow the source, with differences noted in the critical notes or in a general editorial statement. This article provides an overview of the most basic types of barlines and offers tips on how to use them correctly and consistently.
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August 25, 2021Read More
By A-R's house editors
Time signatures are a fundamental attribute of musical notation that indicate the meter in a piece of music. In general, when changing time signatures in an edited score, the score should follow the source. However, there are certain issues to keep in mind that depend on the type of music being edited.
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July 07, 2021Read More
By A-R's house editors
Starting in the late eighteenth century, it became more widespread for composers in the western canon to notate changes of key signature within a single piece or movement. When incorporating key signature changes into an edition for the Recent Researches series, make sure to keep three important features in mind: double barlines, cautionaries, and cancellation.
