Forum: Share Your Music
02-23-2015, 08:59 PM
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Views: 26,465
Pleasingly Plump Septet
"Pleasingly Plump" was written by Quincy Jones in 1963 for the Count Basie Band. Jones did a very good job of providing an arrangement that emphasized the relaxed, laid back style of the Basie Band....
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Forum: Share news about music
02-06-2015, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 57,433
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
02-02-2015, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 40,942
Kokomo Duet
"Kokomo", written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher, became a No. 1 hit for the "Beach Boys" in 1988. It refers to a ficticious Carribean island, "just off the Florida...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
02-02-2015, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 73,063
Nature Boy Duet
"Nature Boy", written by Eden Ahbez (George Alexander Aberle), became a No. 1 hit for eight weeks in 1948 for Nat "King" Cole and has since become a pop and jazz standard. I have marked under the...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
01-04-2015, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 81,685
I Could Have Danced All Night Duet
"I Could Have Danced All Night" is from the Broadway musical, "My Fair Lady", which in Cynthia's and my mind is the best ever musical (although "Sound of Music" and "South Pacific" are pretty high up...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
01-04-2015, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 37,411
Sleeping Beauty Waltz Duet
This waltz duet is taken from the Sleeping Beauty Ballet, written by one of my favorite composers, Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky. The tempo is easy, so this should be a fairly good training piece.
We...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
01-03-2015, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 42,372
Re: Help Writing Repeats
I had troubles with my initial posting of the images. Perhaps you saw my response before I resolved the image problem. Take a look again. They look good to me, although they are pretty small. You...
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
01-03-2015, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 26,275
Symbol Movement
Unless my User's Guide research is faulty (which it well could be), the only way to move a symbol, i.e., segno, fermata, coda, etc., is by dragging the anchor. It would be oh so wonderful if they...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
01-03-2015, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 42,372
Re: Help Writing Repeats
I believe I understand what you are looking for. The attached file, Song01_Short_Revised.not, is a more clear way to represent what I refer to as your "roadmap", the Repeat Instructions. The...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
12-31-2014, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 42,372
Re: Help Writing Repeats
Could you please attach the Composer file? It would be helpful in determining what your intention and requirements are.
Ralph
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Forum: General music tips and questions
12-26-2014, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 57,650
Re: Writing for Drum Set
In my ongoing search for supplementing my knowledge of drum parts, I got the notion that I should search for "free latin drum beats midi", trying to find a simple notation of a samba beat, a rhumba...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
12-01-2014, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 57,390
Christmas/Holiday Duets - Waltz Of The Flowers
"Waltz Of The Flowers" is an excerpt from the "Nutcracker Ballet", written in 1892 by one of my favorite composers, Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky. This is not a Christmas Carol per se, but the...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
12-01-2014, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 35,586
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-02-2014, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 38,900
Christmas/Holiday Duets - Do You Hear What I Hear
"Do You Hear What I Hear" was written by Gloria Shayne Baker in 1962. I was quite surprised to find out that it was written that recently (relatively). It is perhaps a little early for Christmas...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-02-2014, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 45,388
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-10-2014, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 44,752
Where Is Your Heart Duet
"Where Is Your Heart" was written in 1952 by Georges Auric & William Engvick. It was used in the movie, "Moulin Rouge", which featured the artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The song was...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-10-2014, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 35,510
If I Loved You Duet
"If I Loved You" was written in 1945 by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II. It was featured in the Broadway musical and the movie, "Carousel".
Instead of notating a ritardando in measures 31...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-29-2014, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 43,623
Swan Lake Waltz Duet
The "Swan Lake" ballet was written by Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky in the 1875–1876 time frame. This Swan Lake Waltz Duet is a reduction of one of the scenes in the ballet and it seems to be referred to...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-29-2014, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 42,236
Swan Lake Scene Duet
The "Swan Lake" ballet was written by Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky in the 1875–1876 time frame. This Swan Lake Scene Duet is a reduction of one of the opening scenes and is perhaps an intermediate level...
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Forum: Share Your Music
08-30-2014, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 41,161
Re: CPE Bach Sinfonia a 4 in B minor Wq 182-5
Well Walt, once your description went beyond Notation Composer, you lost me. I know next to nothing about the other pieces you used, BUT, I do know what I like to hear. And your end result was a...
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Forum: Share Your Music
08-18-2014, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 46,718
Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
WOW!! I was in High School when Fats first made himself known in New England, and I have heard a lot of his stuff, but this one is not familiar to me.
That being said, you have done a marvelous...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-04-2014, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 36,607
Volare Duet
"Volare" was written by Domenico Modugno in 1958. Volare is Italian for "to fly". This song is also known as "Nel blu dipinto di blu", which is literally translated as "In the sky painted blue".
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-04-2014, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 36,310
Pizzicati Duet
"Pizzicatti" is from the third act of the ballet "Sylvia", written by Léo Delibes in 1875-6. The piece features pizzicatto strings, where the strings are plucked (pizzicato) to create the sound,...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-18-2014, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 110,163
Re: Recorder Duet Sonata
Nice, Walt. I particularly enjoyed the contrapuntal effects starting in measure 32, and Section 3 at measure 101. Thank you for sharing.
Ralph
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Forum: Share news about music
07-10-2014, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 67,956
A different kind of Beethoven
If you like jazz/swing and you like Beethoven, and you don't mind mixing the genres, then this is fantastic.
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Ralph
P. S. If you click on the small You Tube icon near the bottom...
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