Re: [oll-user] [Challenges] Engraving challenge

[Marc S. <ma...@ou...>]

eOn 1/10/2014 8:34 AM, Urs Liska wrote:

> I still would like to keep it (less) complex piano music. What about 
> the introduction of Chopin's f minor ballad op. 52 (m.1-7) 
> http://imslp.org/images/7/79/TN-FChopin_Ballade_No.4%2C_Op.52_BH1.jpg 
> ? Or is this still too complex? Urs 

I think still too complex as a beginning.  There are a number of 
notations there that one could easily go years without ever encountering 
unless one specialized in late romantic piano music and that would 
realistically have most musicians who don't specialize in that sort of 
music scratching their heads to even understand. Again, it does seem 
like an interesting challenge, but only after establishing the process 
using a simpler score.

On the other hand, I don't see any reason not to keep the original open, 
especially given people have already begun working on it.  I just think 
a quick-and-dirty one that doesn't immediately bog people people on 
esoterica but invites them into the process should be added and people 
be encouraged to work out the process on that.  I'm talking about 
something that could be knocked out pretty quickly - something like a 
page out of Anna Magdalena or maybe just a *little* more complex.  I 
know this would not be a "challenge" in the sense of presenting any 
particular difficulties, but still, I think it would be value for just 
getting to the point where we are all on the same page, so to speak.  
And it provides a useful baseline to see how much manual adjustment and 
how difficult it is in the simple cases before worrying about more 
complex notations.

Marc