Aaron Rabushka <[log in to unmask]> writes: >The all-time great reference for questions of musical notation is >Gardiner Reed's (sp?) "Principals of Music Notation." Although I do >not own a copy I'm sure it can resolve any questions and offer any >options of stem directions. In case anyone wants to look it up, the name is Gardner Read. And I imagine that the first word of the title is "Principles":) Actually, my Read book is just called Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice, and it's excellent. I don't know if the book Aaron refers to is different (I couldn't find it on Amazon). Dan Schmidt -> [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]