Music words font8/3/2023 ![]() In your above example, I’d add bar #s under the rests, move the opening ff under beat 2, center the rehearsal # box once you decide on a font, increase the bar # size to be more legible, and increase the metronome mark too. ![]() It’s tough to go wrong just sticking to traditional Ross/Gould/Stone/Read conventions. Some are frankly just poor copying as a result of time constraints. Outside of chords, some jazz conventions are just shorthand conventions derived from hand copying. The Ken Williams book is really hard to find, so if you ever see his “Music Preparation: a Guide to Music Copying,” buy it! That said, I disagree with his chord nomenclature and tend towards the Ken Williams or Bert Kosow style. ![]() If they aren’t currently, just set up an eBay alert and pounce when a copy is cheap. Copies are usually available for reasonable amounts on eBay. Clinton Roemer’s “The Art of Music Copying” is probably the preeminent guide for this.
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