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Answer by 200_success for How does one know if a score is notated well?

It's extremely obvious that your score is not optimally spaced. I would also add that the choices of rests and tied notes make the rhythms needlessly difficult to read.These days, scores are usually...

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Answer by Dekkadeci for How does one know if a score is notated well?

I'll fill this in with things that endorph misses.Ledger Lines, Clefs, and Ottava LinesAll three of these are often used to notate notes that are not in the most-often-used range of the instrument. But...

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Answer by endorph for How does one know if a score is notated well?

I consider a score to be well notated if it efficiently communicates a musical idea to a performer. A great musical idea that is badly communicated is a bad score. So, how do you communicate...

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Answer by Richard for How does one know if a score is notated well?

Edit: OP's edit has made clear that I misunderstood the original question. I would edit my response, but I think endorph's answer is already terrific. Nevertheless, I'll leave this answer here, unless...

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How does one know if a score is notated well?

I'm a programmer and in programming a code can be bad or good. It is easy to see by the way the structure is built and how blocks of code are arranged, what functions and procedures are used, and how...

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