Sometimes publishers are notified by their customers about mistakes. How do publishers learn about errors in their editions? The problem is so widespread that a book was written on the topic by Norman Del Mar called Orchestral Variations.
Handel’s Messiah (Mozart’s parts) – Clarinet in A written at concert pitch for a few bars. Vivaldi Gloria ‘Et in terra pax’ movement – Tenors have a G in a B minor chord. Vivaldi’s ‘Beatus Vir’ – Final C major chord has an A in the violins. L’après-midi d’un faune – Wrong key signatures for transposing instruments, missing rests, extra rests and many more. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier (Prelude in C, Book 1) – extra measure. I queried my friends on the Sibelius music notation program chat board and they offered plenty of examples (publisher names removed to protect the guilty)! Luckily most are found at rehearsals, but some only at the performances, especially when rehearsal time is minimal.ĭespite all of the opportunities to find and eliminate errors before they get to paying customers, errors do get onto the final sheet music…and quite a number of them. Players, groups and conductors are pretty good at finding mistakes in printed music. Art of Sound Music has certainly found mistakes this way that we would not have found otherwise. #Jack stamp brass quintet sheet music software#
I encourage publishers to use the playback capability in their notation software to find mistakes…in tonal music at least where mistakes are relatively easy to discern. For example, the print shop may start a part on a right page that was intended for a left page start, thereby creating a bad page turn.įor many years now, sheet music has been computer notated with the ability for the person inputting the notes to listen to what has been entered.
Engraving/Copyist step – he/she can misinterpret what is received or introduce errors in a variety of ways. Arranging step (if there is one) – arrangements and transcriptions can easily introduce new errors such as missing accidentals, wrong notes, etc. If the composer uses notation software, this reduces but doesn’t eliminate the error potential. Composition step – the composer may have had sloppy handwriting or written in some wrong notes by mistake, missed rests, added extra rests or had clef issues. When scores and parts contain thousands or more elements, it is almost inevitable that errors will exist.Įrrors can get introduced at any step of the process from the composer’s brain to the printed page… When it comes to publishing sheet music, “to err is human to correct divine.” A first edition of sheet music can contain errors such as wrong notes, wrong clefs, incorrect rhythms, bars with incorrect numbers of beats, articulation problems or difficult page turns…the possibilities for trouble are endless.
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