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     |  Charles Lawrence Registered Member

       Date Joined Dec 2009 Total Posts : 3638 | Posted 2/12/2016 1:51 PM (GMT -6) |   | Currently Amazon Prime has the work for $67.85 US. Curiously it has used copies from other vendors ranging from $68.71 to a whopping $2000.00!!!!! This can't be right. New copies from other vendors range from $63.73 to $123.73. Note the lowest price for a used copy from other vendors is higher than the lowest price for a new copy from other vendors. Curious!
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  |  OCTO. The radical answers.

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 |  John Ruggero Registered Member

       Date Joined Mar 2000 Total Posts : 820 | Posted 2/12/2016 5:35 PM (GMT -6) |   | I put off buying this book for several years, owing to its title, which didn't reassure me as to its quality. But now that I have, I am much more impressed with it than I thought I would be, consult it regularly and open it at random to learn something new. The organization of the material is excellent and the information, trustworthy. There are omissions, debatable things etc., but as a whole the book is a major achievement.
My biggest disappointment with the book is its lack of a historical perspective and the lack of many musical examples from the repertoire. (The examples were mostly fabricated for the book.) But then again, it is just a style guide to contemporary engraving practice, not a history of music notation.
I do find her writing style awkward at times and hope that that this has been improved in the German translation. Mac mini (OS 10.8.5) with dual monitors, Finale 2014d (Finale 2011 as a backup) with GPO 4 Kurzweil Mark 5 with M-Audio Midisport 2 x 2, Adobe InDesign CS4 SmartScore X Pro, JW Plug-ins www.cantilenapress.com
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 |  David Ward Registered Member

       Date Joined Aug 2009 Total Posts : 2834 | Posted 2/12/2016 6:16 PM (GMT -6) |   | John Ruggero said... I put off buying this book for several years, owing to its title, which didn't reassure me as to its quality. Perhaps the US edition should have a different title (a common enough practice).
John Ruggero said... I do find her writing style awkward at times and hope that that this has been improved in the German translation. Again, this may be a US versus UK thing (or it may be more to do with individual temperament), but I have found that Elaine Gould's style has made me WANT to do what she recommends, whereas certain other books on these matters have seemed hectoring in a school-masterish sort of way, and thus liable to be resisted, at least by someone of my recklessly rebellious, thrawn and contrary temperament. David Ward www.composers-uk.com/davidward
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  |  Claus Registered Member
        Date Joined Aug 2010 Total Posts : 27 | Posted 2/12/2016 7:57 PM (GMT -6) |   | Hello Thomas,
I am working with the english original (though native German), can't remember if it was for price reasons at ama...., but I think it's comprehensive enough, if you are aware of english terminology to some extent.
I think that some modern phenomenons of "notation common practice" especially when dealing with jazz/bigband writing are not addressed, but nevertheless I highly recommend it.
If you do want to take a look at my copy, before deciding to buy- I am working in Dierdorf every Tuesday and thursday....
best wishes
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        |  Knut Registered Member
        Date Joined Jan 2006 Total Posts : 601 | Posted 2/16/2016 12:06 PM (GMT -6) |   | John,
dein Link fugiert leider nicht. 13" MacBook Pro 2.8 Ghz. Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, Apogee Duet 2, Samsung SyncMaster 245b OSX 10.9.5, Finale 2011c and 2014b (not using it yet) w/GPO & JABB, Patterson Plug-Ins, TG-Tools and QuickKeys 4; Sibelius 6, Logic Pro X, Adobe CS3, FontLab Studio 4, FontExplorer X Pro 3 | Back to Top | |
 |  Charles Lawrence Registered Member

       Date Joined Dec 2009 Total Posts : 3638 | Posted 2/16/2016 12:48 PM (GMT -6) |   | I took two years of German in college back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, was never "immersed" but for the last quarter, and therefore remember very little. Google Translate has helped me get the gist of the conversation. All you have to do is click in the broken link URL and suck out the beginning erroneous characters "see%20http//" and it will work.
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