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Music Books and Music Scores
Design and Type
setting by Playright Music Ltd.

Here are some samples of the many music typesetting projects that we have worked on. Most of the projects involved working as part of a professional production chain and working with a large team of specialists. Here we wish to demonstrate our part of the workflow without claiming any merit for the work of the other professionals involved!

After a photo of the front cover of the publication, there is a table which presents technical details. The table is a summary of the project that will convey meaning at a glance to anyone involved in publishing or the production of books. Further images of some of the pages describe various aspects of the music typesetting requirements. Please note the images here are only 96 dpi which will appear well on screen. However, the hi-res publishing quality is 1,200 dpi for most of these projects. At this high resolution musical slurs and dynamic hairpins, which contain diagonal lines, appear exceptionally clear and avoid any hint of the staircased effect (jaggies) that is noticeable even at 600 dpiIf you wish to see these images at the highest resolution possible on screen, please click on them to see a full-screen version.

Our Highest Quality Music Typesetting

For the highest quality, we have the capacity to create music notation at 2,400 dpi. This high-end quality, which is not achievable from every music notation software program on the market, is suited to the production standards used in the highest quality glossy magazines, for example. However, this resolution does not work well with all types of repro and often we have to consider the choice of paper used and the facilities/machines of printing companies that will work on a project.

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Portfolio of Music Publications in which we have contributed to production

We present some of the many music textbooks in which our music typesetting service was part of the production chain.

(If you wish to jump over the books and see the samples of instrumental notation, click here.)

Book: Music Major and Minor

Music Engraving by Playright Music Ltd.

Cover: Music Major and Minor

Author: Seán Mac Liam
Cover designer: Folens Publishers
Make-up and Page Layout: Teresa Burke
Editor: Anna O’Donovan
Extent: 350
Illustrator: Mary Murphy
ISBN: 0 86121 398 X
Music Illustrations: Daniel Walsh
Music typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Folens Publishers
Published by: Folens Publishers,
Dublin & London
Trim size: 240 x 180 mm

Other sample pages from this book:

Prelims: Credit Page from Music Major and Minor, Music Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims: Credits Page

Song: Kalinka p 22: Music Major and Minor, Music Typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.

Song: Kalinka
p 22: Music Major and Minor

Two-part Song: Under the Old Linden Tree p 162, Music Major and Minor. Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Two-part Song: Under the Old Linden Tree
p 162, Music Major and Minor

Outline Score: William Tell Overture pp 188-189: Music Major and Minor. Music typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Outline Score: William Tell Overture
pp 188-189: Music Major and Minor

The following pages required neumatic notation, an older form of music notation set on a four-line stave which is still used in plainchant. Playright Music created the symbols required for this in-house.

Religious and Ancient Music Psalm 22 and Plainsong: Salve Regina pp 106-107 Music Major and Minor. Music Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Religious and Ancient Music
Psalm 22 and Plainsong: Salve Regina
pp 106-107 Music Major and Minor


Book: Tuned In Assignments

Book design and typesetting by Playright Music Ltd. Ireland & UK

Book: Tuned In Assignments
Design and Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Technical Details
Author: Claire O’Grady
Cover designer: Design and Print
Design and Origination Playright Music Ltd.
Editor: Eleanor Ashe
Extent: 150
Illustrator: Duo Design
ISBN: 0 86 167 5193
Music typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Criterion Press Ltd.
Published by: The Educational Company of Ireland
Trim size: 255 x 205 mm

Other sample pages from this book:

Credits and Contents page ii from Tuned In Assignments

Credits and Contents page from Tuned In Assignments

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pp 14-15 from Tuned In Assignments

Back Cover from Tuned In Assignments

Back Cover from Tuned In Assignments


Book: Prelude 2: Junior Certificate Music Book

Work Sample: Book 'Prelude 2' designed and typeset by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin, Ireland

Prelude 2, Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: May Costello
Cover designer: Folens Publishers
Design and Origination Playright Music Ltd.
Editor: Colette Connolly
Editorial Assistant Hilary Coughlan
Editorial Assistant Andrea O’Grady
Extent: 400
Illustrator: Olivia Golden
ISBN: 0 86 121 9031
Music typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Folens Publishers
Published by: Folens Publishers
Trim size: 255 x 203 mm

Other sample pages from this book:

Work Sample: Music Notation by Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims: Credits and TOC

IMG_469196dpi

p 93 Sample of Song with text underlay
Brahms: The Little Sandman

IMG_469296dpi

pp 112-113, Outline score of Rossini’s William Tell Overture

Work Sample of typesetting by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland & UK: Mvt 2, J S Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No 5

pp 158-159 J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5, Mvt 2, Outline Score

Sample of artwork and typesetting by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland

pp 244-255 Sample of artwork and text typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Sample of text layout including a Glossary of Terms by Playright Music Ltd.

Sample of Text Layout. A Glossary of Terms automatically generated from the text

Back Cover with barcode

Back Cover with barcode


Book: AnVeidhleadóir Óg

A Violin Tutor in the Irish Language

Work Sample: Tutor Book designed and typeset by Playright Music Ltd. Ireland & UK

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Úna Lawlor
Cover designer: Peanntrónaic Teoranta
Design and Origination: Playright Music Ltd.
Editor: Úna Lawlor
Extent: 80
Illustrator: Cathy Dineen
ISBN: 1 874700 49 4
Music typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Photographers: Tadhg Keady, Galway
Marlay Studios, Dublin
Printer: Cló Iar-Chonnachta (CIC)
Published by: Cló Iar-Chonnachta (CIC)
Trim size: 298 x 210 mm

Other sample pages from this book:

Work Sample: Design and Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin & London

Prelims iv: Credits Page

Ẁork Sample of high quality music typesetting and book design by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin

pp 20-21

Work Sample:  Top quality page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin, Ireland

pp 28-29

Work Sample:  Top quality page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., London, UK

pp 36-37 featuring an image on a two page spread

Work Sample:  Top quality page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland and UK

pp 40-41 featuring an image on a two page spread

Work Sample:  Top quality page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., London, UK

pp 54-55

Work Sample:  Professional page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., London, UK

Appendix pp IV-V
Demonstrating two languages set side by side to aid translation

Work Sample:  Best quality page design featuring music notation by Playright Music Ltd., London, UK

Back Cover


Book: Musical Memories

Music Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd. | Book cover of Musical Memories by Charlie Lennon

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Charlie Lennon
Cover design: Brian Lynch and Michael O’Connor
Drawings: Brian Burke
Extent: 104
ISBN: 0 9521200 0 3
Printer: CRC
Published by: Worldmusic Publications
Sketches: Rory Finn, CRC
Trim size: 300 x 210 mm
Typesetting—Music: Daniel Walsh, Playright Music Ltd.
Typesetting—Text: CRC

Other sample pages from this book:

Music typesetting by Daniel Walsh, Playright Music Ltd. | Credits page from Musical Memories

Prelims: Credit Page and TOC
Sample of music typesetting by Daniel Walsh, Playright Music Ltd.

pp 36-37, Centre pages

Sample of music typesetting by Daniel Walsh, Playright Music Ltd.

Back Cover


Book: Mass of Hospitality
Full Score Edition

Music Typesetting by Playright Music Ltd. | Work Sample of music notation in a religious book

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Marie Dunne CHF
Cover picture: Gorganna Tapley (USA)
Extent: 44
Published by: Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Publications Office, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm
Typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.

Other sample pages from this book:

Music typesetting: a work sample from Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims: Credits and TOC
Music typesetting: a sample of work by Playright Music Ltd.

pp 2-3 Gloria (excerpt)


Book: Mass of Hospitality
Choral Edition

Sample of music typesetting work on a religious book by Playright Music Ltd.

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Marie Dunne CHF
Cover picture: Gorganna Tapley (USA)
Extent: 44
Published by: Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Publications Office, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm
Typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.

Other sample pages from this book:

Book: Mass of Hospitality Choral Edition | Sample of music typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims: Credits and TOC

Music Engraving: A sample of work in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd.

pp 2-3 Gloria (excerpt)


Book: Lough Derg Mass:
Mass of a Pilgrim People

Work sample of a religious book containing music typesetting by Playright Music Ltd.

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Liam Lawton
Design: Colette Dower
Extent: 32
ISBN: 1 85390 682 4
Printer: Paceprint Ltd., Dublin
Published by: Veritas Publications
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm
Typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.

Other sample pages from this book:

Music Typesetting of religious music by Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims: Credits and TOC
Music Typesetting of religious music by Playright Music Ltd.

pp 12-13 Gloria (excerpt)

Music Typesetting of religious music by Playright Music Ltd.

Back Cover


Book: Music to Honour God’s Name

Sample of music typesetting in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd.

Front Cover

Technical Details
Authors: Patricia Hegarty and Mary Nugent
Cover design: Bill Bolger
Extent: 80
Illustrations: Jeanette Dunne
ISBN: 1 85390 555 0
Music setting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Paceprint Ltd., Dublin
Published by: Veritas Publications
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm
Typesetting: Colette Dower, Veritas Publications

Other sample pages from this book:

Sample of music typesetting in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland + UK

Credits page
Sample of music typesetting in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd., London

p. 12 Sample of music typesetting for voice and piano accompaniment

Sample of music typesetting in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd., London

Sample of music typesetting for voice, with alternative in a second language, with piano accompaniment

Sample of music typesetting in a religious book by Playright Music Ltd., England

Back Cover


Book: A Course in Braille Music

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd.

Front Cover

Technical Details
Author: Maeve Smith
Cover design: Ruth Brady
Design and typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Extent: 76
ISBN: 978 0 9559348 0 3
Music setting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Levins Print Ltd., Swords, Co Dublin
Published by: St. Joseph’s Centre for the Visually Impaired Publications Ltd., Dublin 9
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm

The author and publishers also released a Braille embossed edition of this book for blind readers. The visual approach of the print edition is for teachers, parents and helpers to see the Braille that the blind will read by touch and also to help sighted people learn Braille Music.

Other sample pages from this book:

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd.

Prelims, Credit Page

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd.

p. 17 Demonstrating many separate illustrations of Braille and music laid out in table format

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin

p. 33 A piano piece set out under the Braille Music translation of the same piano piece

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd., Dublin + London

p. 53 An example of a chapter opening page featuring text, Braille Music, and common music notation

Work sample of design and typesetting of a text book, involving common music notation and Braille music, by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland + UK

Back Cover


Samples of Instrumental Works featuring Modern Notation

Chamber Music:
Ben Dwyer — Crow’s Vanity

For amplified cello and tape

Music Typesetting Service: Playright Music Ltd., Dublin and London

Cover page

Technical Details
Composer: Benjamin Dwyer
Cover design: Playright Music Ltd.
Design and typesetting: Playright Music Ltd.
Extent: 12
Music setting: Playright Music Ltd.
Printer: Playright Music Ltd.
Published by: Ben Dwyer
Trim size: 297 x 210 mm

Other sample pages from this work:

Crow's Vanity Page 3 -- Sample of music typesetting by Playright Music Ltd. Ireland + UK

Page 3

Music engraving by Playright Music Ltd., Ireland

Page 7

Music typesetting service Playright Music Ltd., Dublin and London

Page 8

Music typesetting service | Playright Music Ltd., Dublin and London

Page 9


Further samples, including choral, instrumental and orchestral scores, will be posted here soon.


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