Pagination In A Cycle?

A basic question, but I need a reality check and I have no relevant physical scores with me to check!

In the printed copy of a cycle of pieces, is it more important for each piece to start on an odd-numbered (right hand) page, or is it more important to include no blank pages?

I have a cycle of three pieces in which the first and second pieces both fit perfectly onto an odd number of pages (first piece is 3 pages long; second piece is 5 pages long).

What I'm asking is whether, when printing the score of all three pieces for binding, I should do A or B:

A) print [piece two, page 1] on the back of [piece one, page 3], so there's no blank page in between the pieces; or

B) print [piece two, page 1] on a new page, so piece two starts on a right-hand page and the left-hand page facing it in the score is blank.

Here's my advice for this situation: waste not, want not. So I would pick A. I don't think it matters which side a new piece begins, anyway. If you print your pieces double-sided all the way through, you save paper and, depending on the total number of pieces you want to print at a time, have less paper you need to staple or bind together.

I hope this helps, and I wish you well.

Convention is definitely that a piece begins on a right-hand page, but the question is whether that's important for each piece within a cycle of pieces. If I don't find further info I will start the second and third pieces on left-hand pages, leaving no blank pages.

Convention is definitely that a piece begins on a right-hand page, but the question is whether that's important for each piece within a cycle of pieces. If I don't find further info I will start the second and third pieces on left-hand pages, leaving no blank pages.

Yes, go do the latter. The first piece in a booklet or pamphlet may be always on the right-hand side, but for a booklet etc. with more than one piece, it would be unwise to leave blank pages in between pieces, for the reasons I mentioned in my last post.