the drum part has dropped off my score
Well sort of. The score is finished but I've just noticed that on some pages, the staves have "grown" and therefore pushed the drums off the page and possibly the bass outside of the margin. (Please see attached screenshot)
Not entirely sure how to rectify this so any help will be appreciated.
I already have the scaling down to 1.475.
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For a conductor's score you can go much smaller than 1.475. Elain Gould's recommendation in Behind Bars for the minimum height of a 5 line stave in a full score is 3.7 mm. Divide that by 4 to get the minimum sensible stave space scaling {there are 4 spaces between 5 lines). I make it 0.925 mm.
The conductor doesn't have to read every note "on the fly". They just need to see roughly what each instrument is doing. They can stop and peer closely if they need to see exactly what an instrument should be playing. For individual parts a larger staff size is needed as the player does need to read it exactly while playing.
In reply to For a conductor's score you… by SteveBlower
Thank you, very informative. That sorted it!
It still doesn't explain why there was such a difference in page layout from one page to the next.
In reply to Thank you, very informative… by onscuba
Chord symbols on second page, not present on first page. They require extra space between staves.
In reply to Chord symbols on second page… by SteveBlower
... and already the rehearsal mark needs additional space at the top of the second page.
It depends on the conductor. Some don't hardly look at any score. I prefer to have a full score. Don't really care what Gould says.
In reply to It depends on the conductor… by bobjp
Indeed.
What I see here in the picture would prompt me to add one or two staves for the multiple instruments (alto sax, tenor, trumpet and trombone) and to combine two instruments in one line with Implode. Then you can hide the individual staves and still create the excerpts for each instrument individually. This should be completely sufficient for the conductor's score.
In reply to It depends on the conductor… by bobjp
Yes, a full score, but with smaller staves than an individual part. With large numbers of staves at large size you need large paper which is unwieldy to handle on a conductor's stand. If your objective is to fit all the instruments on one page, something has to give, and stave size seems to me to be the thing that should do that giving.
In reply to Yes, a full score, but with… by SteveBlower
I've seen, and used, plenty of scores on larger paper. Nothing wrong with a condensed score, if that's what you are used to. But a full orchestra with full percussion and a choir is going to make a full score unreadable on standard paper.
There are some (IMHO) very interesting video's from Thomas Goss from orchestrationonline.com about preparing (and publishing) scores and parts.
Orchestra Librarians Pt. 1: Instrument Names & Numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYay1hROpk
Orchestra Librarians Pt. 2: Parts Paper Sizes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9WUDG0zK8I
Orchestra Librarians Pt. 3A: Format & Page Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFtvJNY5s-8
Orchestra Librarians Pt. 3B: Format & Page Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPY7lcH3ZtY
and also
Orchestration Question 12: Paper Sizes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0iRFDCKtEQ