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Essential Dictionary of Music Notation Pocket Size BookThis pocket-sized dictionary presents current and correct notation practices in an easy-to-use formatGenerously illustrated and concise, this book is essential to any musician looking for a handy reference for the correct notation of musicA most welcome and beneficial source for every musician, whether using a pencil or a computerThis pocket-sized dictionary presents current and correct notation practices in an easy-to-use format
You owe it to yourself to buy this book ASAP. It'll end up answering so many questions for you, and if you really enjoy writing by hand, you'll probably just love flipping through and reading the little entries and learning a ton about all of the little notation rules we all take for granted in our reading.
It's amazing when you actually put pen(cil) to paper how much you start to realize little things like... "Wait... when do I change stem directions? How long should stems be? How do I space this thing?" etc.
Also, I would highly recommend doing this with pencil (I vastly prefer a nice 0.5 mechanical for consistency and precision). And if you're going to copy someone else's work, try to find something from a decent publisher/editor rather than learn from some of the highly questionable stuff you might find on musescore where people make all sorts of egregious errors with beaming and just general beat obfuscating note grouping stuff.
I used an android app called note reacher and these books
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0882847309
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800854535
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1554400112
I see no advantage at this point to reading music after working on it for 5 months and becoming fairly competent. I'm glad I learned but it has not added to my ability to make music. Maybe in the future it will pay off.
> do you know any sources for correct sheet music notation, or general overall tips to maximise my marks?
[This] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Dictionary-Notation-essential-dictionary/dp/0882847309) is a neat little book which covers just about everything. (The only downside is it's in alphabetical order, and so is - er - the index, so it can sometimes be hard to look something up unless you know exactly what it's called, or what topic it might come under.)
Otherwise, just keep looking at published sheet music - plenty of examples freely perusable online.