For studio sessions and other instances where music is sight-read, the stands are shared, and/or lighting is sub-optimal, 7.7 mm is nice for chamber music that is likely to have the benefit of a lot of rehearsal, 7.3 mm or even smaller can be just fine. The sweet spot for much of the music I prepare is around 7.5 mm. What’s a good staff size? I thought you’d never ask… If you have itty-bitty notes with no cues, it won’t matter if you have a page that is 5 feet tall, you’ll still have a revolt on your hands. If the staff lines and notes are large enough to read, you’re good. Music prepared and printed on 9” x 12” paper (click for large photo)
Based on working with hundreds of orchestras and direct feedback from countless librarian and performer colleagues, it’s not the size of the page that they’re really concerned about. The query seems to arise every so often on the various Facebook groups related to music engraving and score preparation.ĩ” x 12” is perfectly acceptable. This question comes up quite a bit, but today it seemed like rapid-fire. (Of course, these are North American paper sizes.) Today, within the span of several hours, I received several inquiries from separate sources wondering if 9” x 12” paper was acceptable for orchestral use, or if 10” x 13” was necessary.
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