How much info is too much?

[Jody Stecher]

I'm still considering the optimum way to present my transcriptions of jigs, reels and hornpipes.  What do banjo players want to see in a banjo solo score? 

My thinking is that in a tutor book more info is better because the score is for learning techniques.  But when the score is for playing maybe a clean spacious page is better.  The player can make choices as to which fingers and frets and strings to use. Part of the beauty of music is that the same musical phrase can have different colors and create different feelings in the listener according to what techniques are used to create the sound. Below is an example of six ways to play the first measure of The Ship In Full Sail. The notes are the same; the effect is different and there are more than six ways.

How much guidance do the banjo players on this site want to see?  

And what about chord letters?  Some would like them to be there. Some don't. At first the chords I entered had such big letters that it competed with the musical notes. Then I found out how to reduce their size.  

Also below is a slightly revised version of The Ship In Full Sail with chords above the staff.  Does this look good or bad?

Scroll down a bit to see the full score.

[Jody Stecher]

Thanks. I will try. But first I have to get the playback to correctly play the voltas in the B part of  Ship In Full Sail.  It plays the first time through fine. Then on repeat instead of playing the second ending it first replays the last 3 bars of the 4 bar first ending and only then goes to the second ending.

I've had such things happen before. My usual remedy is to remove repeat signs and voltas and then re-enter them. If that doesn't work I quit Musescore and re-open it. Neither is working. I may have to do away with the repeats and go back to writing out all 16 measures of part 2. I can add variations to the repeat to make it seem sensible. But I'd rather get the 2nd ending to start at the right place.

Trapdoor2 said:

Musescore uses "Export" for both pdf and mp3 files. I have successfully done both via "add attachments" and via the paperclip.

In the Export pulldown, it will ask you to select the file. Then it should show a "file type" box where you can choose various formats, including .pdf and .mp3. You have to do it separately for every file type.

[Trapdoor2]

Sounds scrambled to me. I spend a lot of time with getting playback to work right...because I depend on my ears a lot. Musescore still has bugs too. When I do something that has "D.C. al Coda then TRIO", it randomly forgets which coda is which...

[Jody Stecher]

Trapdoor2 said:

Sounds scrambled to me.

Or poached. But not fried. It wants to be coddled or it won't cooperate.

I'm not shirr I can get it eggs-actly right but I'll try. 

I spend a lot of time with getting playback to work right...because I depend on my ears a lot. Musescore still has bugs too. When I do something that has "D.C. al Coda then TRIO", it randomly forgets which coda is which...