Current note entry project, from a composer whose music I have worked on for two decades, contains at the end of it my most favourite tempo indication of all: quasi senza rit. (= as if no slowing down)

I mention it because I they had also used it in the first piece of theirs I worked on, and (I was new to the job) I queried the ‘quasi’ in red pen (ah we worked on paper back then), and before I had finished marking it up I had worked out what it meant and why it is a sensible clear and concise marking, and different from ‘senza rit.’

I had to white out the markup, and that was a salutary lesson on this composer’s careful notation.

I’ve not seen it in their work since then, I think.

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Uff. Done with the second round of edits!
Now, I'm gonna let it rest for a while and then do the final round.
It's not going to be perfect, I won't be able to fix all the old style issues. Still debating whether I'm going to publish it or not.
Let's see how I'll feel after the last round.

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My #current list:  

#editing
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing

#proofreading
* "Endless Promises" by Lisina Coney

#reading
* "Flight of Dreams" by Ariel Lawhon
* "Eat the Rich" by Andrew Rivas