From Engraving to Editing to Publishing
Notesmith Music offers an experienced hand for transforming your sheet music into a publishing-ready product. Whether your sheet music is a handwritten chart for a band, or a string quartet score in a digital format (such as a PDF, or Finale or Sibelius file), we can bring your music notation up to a professional level of quality. Once we have engraved, edited, and formatted your music, it will be ready to publish or drop on a music stand in front of any musician.
WHAT IS ENGRAVING?
In current times, engraving is the art of putting written sheet music into a digital format using computer notation software. We specialize in using Finale and Sibelius, which are the most powerful and popular notation-software programs on the market today. Engraving your music will allow for easier readability for players and performers, more professional-looking music, and correctly notated rhythmic and harmonic elements on the page. It will also allow you to share your music in a medium that other musicians and composers can use and understand.
WHY SHOULD MUSIC BE EDITED?
Editing sheet music can have a profound impact upon the quality and readability of the music. Musicians are not always aware of the level of editing that a piece of music they are reading has received, but it inherently and subconsciously affects them and their playing. Having well edited music can make all the difference when it comes to playing, performing, or publishing music.
Our Music Editing Philosophy: At Notesmith Music, we believe that well-edited music is the product of two components: science and art.
The science involves the aspects of music that conform to the “rules of notation.” This would include the things that are simply done correctly or incorrectly according to music theory, such as showing the strong beats of a measure when beaming eight-notes. Following these black-and-white rules will allow musicians to read the notes on the page more easily by displaying properly written rhythms (time signatures and note beaming), and harmonies (correctly spelled notes and chords within the key signature). A good music editor will also apply the proper articulation markings, dynamics, and text expression in the right places on the page.
The other product of good music editing is art. Like musicians and composers, good editors will display artistic qualities in their work. In notated music, this might mean the layout or “look and feel” of the music. Elements such as text and music fonts, and re-spacing the music both vertically and horizontally across the page can have a great deal of impact upon the look and feel of the music, and in turn affect how the player interprets it. Just take a look at some examples of our work to see for yourself.
When these scientific and artistic elements are fused together on the page, the music will come alive and become an accurate reflection of its sonic nature and personality. Submit your music to us today to see the results for yourself!
CONTACT US TODAY!
We are here to help you transform your sheet music into a professional product. Contact us today to submit your music, ask questions, or to find out more!
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NEW CLIENTS SAVE 30%!
Now through July 31st, new clients will receive 30% off their first project that is submitted for engraving or editing. That comes out to approx. $25 per page! Don’t miss out, contact us today!