Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-04-2016, 03:19 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 99,455
Re: Rock Of Ages Duet
Hi Ralph,
As always I appreciate not only the duet arrangements, but the scoring for phrasing as well of your pieces. I love some of the old hymns, and am snagging these for my collection :)
I...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
07-18-2016, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 69,138
Re: SATB score writing
Hi Tim,
I do that when I absolutely have to...but it's then impossible to separate one voice from the other or turn it back into single voice.
Gack - that's a bug. The intent is to be able to...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
07-18-2016, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 69,138
Re: SATB score writing
Hey Tim,
I really wish Composer had a simple means for handling stems in both directions on a shared/single pitch.
You can have notes with a double-stem- but you do have to add each note...
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Forum: Questions or problems
07-12-2016, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17,755
Re: Multiple staves in part of score
Hi,
You can only add staves for the entire score, BUT you can use the Staff/Hide Resting Staves option so that those staves only show when they hold notes.
ttfn,
Sherry
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Forum: Share Your Music
07-02-2016, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 28,827
Re: Some pieces for Canada Day
Hi David,
A very fine mix of songs!
I really need to get my passport renewed so I can go see one of your musicals - this would be a great one, if I didn't have some event coming up .... a week...
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Forum: Share Your Music
07-02-2016, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19,607
Re: And for Our American Cousin(s)
Hi David,
I shouldn't have multiple tabs open at the same time and start answering in different ones :)
I like the interplay of the two songs as you have it here - that should be a lot of fun...
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Forum: Share Your Music
07-02-2016, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19,607
Re: And for Our American Cousin(s)
Hi David,
And bonus points to anyone who gets the reference in the title of this thread.
It was the play that Abe Lincoln attended when he was shot.
ttfn,
Sherry
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-29-2016, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 15,367
Re: how to print a series of bars?
Hi,
Not explicitly, but there are ways to do it.
You could (1) select those measures (2) use File/New from clipboard to create a short song file with just those measures.
Alternatively you...
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
06-29-2016, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 23,884
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-28-2016, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 18,727
Re: arpeggio displays as notes
Hi,
Thanks for attaching the file. This seems to have revealed a bug related to the notes being of a particular "voice". The notes of the first chord in the bass line are all lower voice.
If...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-27-2016, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 18,727
Re: arpeggio displays as notes
Hi,
To arpeggiate a chord:
If you're adding the notes to the score, then add them first :)
In Notes, Rests click on the Ornaments palette, then the Arpeggio button you want to use (there...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-23-2016, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 28,251
Re: How to remove all but drum
Hi,
The free Notation Player does not have the staff controls needed to mute instruments. You would need Notation Musician (www.notation.com/NotationMusician.php) at least to do that.
ttfn,...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,964
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Hi Ralph,
Hmmm.... I can get a pdf from it fine here, but I'm using Win 7 :) The exported pdf from the file in Post 5 is slightly larger than the Post 1 file, but I'm not sure that has anything...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,964
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Hi Ralph,
Then it must be the "Instrument Names" font size that is at issue - it is still set at 5.6 in your file. (see step 3 in my steps below)
Please take a look at Format/Font Styles, and...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,964
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Hi Ralph,
I was able to export a pdf using a default font size of 5.
However, in looking through the font sizes for your file, I saw that Instrument Names had a font setting of 5.6 - this may...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
06-20-2016, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 54,264
Re: Figuring out chord progressions from songs
Hi Ralph,
Good point about the bass line, and thanks for a good example.
Another "sticking point" for some pieces is the whole modal thing. This isn't such a big deal if you're just figuring...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
06-17-2016, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 54,264
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Forum: Share Your Music
05-25-2016, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 23,517
Re: AIR FROM SUITE IN D J.S.Bach
Hi friends,
If you'd like to see and hear the .not file that Martin posted but you don't have a licensed Notation Software product, you can use our free Notation Player. You can download that at...
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Forum: Questions or problems
05-04-2016, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,789
Re: Increase number of undo levels
Hi Bill,
The "Undo" capability is dependent on your machine's available memory. If you are simultaneously running other programs that you're not using, you can close them to free up more memory....
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-26-2016, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 95,378
Re: Transcribing solo paino recordings
Hi,
My version of Melodyne only opens .wav files - so you'd need to get a .wav audio file of whatever you're wanting to work with, unless the newer version accepts other formats.
I was going...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-26-2016, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 95,378
Re: Transcribing solo paino recordings
Hi,
So you're saying for clean, solo instrument solo's Melodyne is very good and reproduces notation accurately? These kind of solos are exactly what I need. Melodyne is an audio editor that...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-26-2016, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 95,378
Re: Transcribing solo piano recordings
Hi,
Speech recognition is tougher than a few notes, but that's not what we're talking about here :)
I used to work in hearing research (Kresge Hearing Research Institute at the University of...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-26-2016, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 95,378
Re: Transcribing solo paino recordings
Hi,
Actually any transcriptions that are sold are supposed to also send royalties for the sale to the copyright holder of the song in question, which often explains the price of such.
And yes,...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-26-2016, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 95,378
Re: Transcribing solo paino recordings
Hi,
The short answer is "you don't" :)
The longer answer, and hopefully the one that helps folks understand the complexity of such an operation is:
Taking any audio file and trying to...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
04-22-2016, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 122,174
Re: Wrong Sounds
Hi,
The problem is a boatload of unused staves (they have no notes and so aren't displayed in the score) which are all set to Piano.
You can use Staff/Setup, and delete all the "Acoustic Grand...
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