Re: Best practice with inconsistent "à 2"

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I have a large romantic score in front of me. In the handwritten
> score the \partcombine stuff is done inconsistently for unisono
> sections: sometimes it's written as one voice with "à 2", sometimes
> as two voices, i.e. one notehead with stems up and down. So far I
> can't see any reason for this inconsistency.
>
> What would people with more experience with orchestral scores suggest:
>
> - transcribe everything as it is in the model?
> - make it consistent:
>   - use "à 2" always?
>   - use voices always?

Assuming that this becomes a critical edition, I suggest that you use
"à 2" consistently and note deviations of that in the editorial marks
section.  The score is then simply less crowded.


    Werner