Similar to book printing, music printing began in the fifteenth century with the use of movable type. The logistics of creating such precise copies posed several problems for early music engravers, and have resulted in the development of several music engraving technologies. Horizontally, subdivisions of beats are marked not only by their flags and beams, but also by the relative space between them on the page. If text is included, each syllable matches vertically with its assigned melody.
Notes of chords, dynamic markings, and other notation line up with vertical accuracy. To be clear to musicians, it is imperative that engraving techniques allow absolute precision. Unlike literary printing, which mainly contains printed words, music engraving communicates several different types of information simultaneously. As musical composition increased in complexity, so too did the technology required to produce accurate musical scores. Mechanical music engraving began in the middle of the fifteenth century. Traditional engraving techniques Elements of music engraving style The term engraving is now used to refer to any high-quality method of drawing music notation, particularly on a computer ("computer engraving" or "computer setting") or by hand ("hand engraving"). The name of the process originates in plate engraving, a widely used technique dating from the late sixteenth century. The term music copying is almost equivalent-though music engraving implies a higher degree of skill and quality, usually for publication. Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. Sample of hand-copied music manuscript, in ink, of a piece composed for piano. ( November 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.
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