Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
03-05-2018, 04:55 PM
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The Continental Duet
"The Continental" was written in 1934 by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson for the movie, "The Gay Divorcee". In the film, Ginger Rogers sings this song to Fred Astaire and then they dance together. In...
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Forum: Share Your Music
02-28-2018, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 17,573
Re: Name That Tune!?
Found! It is from Rossini's "Barber of Seville".
There's a funny story attached to this discovery - our dentist has had piano keyboard training, so I thought I'd ask him. His first response was,...
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Forum: Share Your Music
02-24-2018, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 17,573
Name That Tune!?
I sent the attached snippet to a number of my musical friends, and other than some saying, "Yeah, that sounds familiar.", I got no hits. Can anyone, perhaps someone with a classical background,...
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Forum: Share Your Music
02-03-2018, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 24,448
Re: Christmas music for 2017
That looked like your troop was having a lot of fun, David. Sorry to be so late, but I just carved out some time to watch this. Unfortunately, the singers were very difficult to understand, but the...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
02-02-2018, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 28,435
Till There Was You Duet
"Till There Was You" was written in 1950 by Meredith Willson for the Broadway Musical, and eventually the movie of the same name.
This is a fairly easy song to play.
If you would like to see...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
02-02-2018, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 30,059
Bolero Duet
"Bolero" was written by Maurice Ravel in 1928. This orchestral work is one of my all-time favorites.
Well, this is a very ambitious project. For starters, trying to reduce this monumental piece...
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Forum: Other
01-26-2018, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,738
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Forum: Other
01-18-2018, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,738
Re: Persistent Lyrics
Attached is a snippet of the piece that was originally created on Beta 136. Using Beta 164, I copied 4 measures of it into a blank template. Then I added 4 measures; copied/pasted the first 4...
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Forum: Other
01-14-2018, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 11,001
Augmented Chord Names
After looking at this for a while, I don't like making the augmented chord names red. It makes it look like there is an error. It's not an error in the many, many western world fake books.
I...
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Forum: MusicXML import and export (Composer only)
01-08-2018, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,915
Re: Can't Open XML File
DOH! Thank you, Sherry. I had looked in PhotoScore (PS) for an export function. Not finding any, I sent the PS file to Sibelius, etc., etc. It never occurred to me that there was a Save As...
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Forum: MusicXML import and export (Composer only)
01-06-2018, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,915
Re: Can't Open XML File
Thanks for the readable score, Reinhold. It looks like I have very little idea on how to use PhotoScore. Your file came through with the transposing instruments in the wrong key, which means I set...
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Forum: MusicXML import and export (Composer only)
01-06-2018, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,915
Can't Open XML File
When I try to open the attached XML file, I get the yellow bar message:
Tuplet would be disrupted. Location: Measure: 39 Tick: 876
I created the XML file by opening a PDF file in PhotoScore...
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Forum: Other
01-04-2018, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,610
Re: Loading of Sound Fonts
Reinhold,
Thank you for the detailed explanation, and the time and effort that you had to put in to do that - time that would probably have been better spent elsewhere. I shouldn't have bothered...
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Forum: Other
01-04-2018, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,610
Re: Loading of Sound Fonts
Do I just need to copy FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 to the directory Composer is searching, or is there more to it?
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
01-03-2018, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 45,070
Side by Side Duet
"Side by Side" was written in 1927 by Gus Kahn and Harry Woods. Well-known recording star, Kay Starr, released a version that was very popular in 1953.
This is a fairly easy song to play, and is...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
01-03-2018, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 90,092
I Think I Love You Duet
"I Think I Love You" was written in 1970 by Tony Romeo.
Cynthia and I would like to dedicate this arrangement to the memory of David Cassidy, who passed away November 21, 2017. David was a member...
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Forum: Other
12-31-2017, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,610
Loading of Sound Fonts
For a recorder duet I'm working on, I thought the sound I'm used to hearing was different with my recently installed 3.0.6-151. This morning, I thought to try it on current release 3.0.6 for...
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Forum: Other
12-27-2017, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,186
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Forum: Other
12-26-2017, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,186
Re: Key Change Won't Transpose Key Signature
I found a workaround for this problem. I copied Alto measures 5-18 and pasted them in Alto 47-60 (which I was going to do anyway, in part) and deleted the notes where they were not what I wanted...
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Forum: Other
12-26-2017, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,186
Key Change Won't Transpose Key Signature
This incomplete duet has a key change at measure 47 that looks okay in concert, but when transposed (qsik command) the Alto part stays in Fm (4 flats) instead of transposing to Cm (3 flats).
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Forum: Other
12-20-2017, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,771
Re: Can't Enter a Q
Yes, thanks, Reinhold. I had not noticed that the q had been harvested into the command area. RRR
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Forum: Other
12-20-2017, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,771
Re: Can't Enter a Q
Update - looks like 3.0.6-136 just has a major aversion to including the letter q in ANY lyrics. RRR
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Forum: Other
12-20-2017, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,771
Can't Enter a Q
Sorry - I'm still on 3.0.6-136 - haven't had time to upgrade.
In measure 18, beat three, I can't put a "q" as the first letter of "quar-". I tried the entire alphabet, a-z - all letters accepted...
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Forum: Other
12-19-2017, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,047
Time Signature Changes
Beta 3.0.6-136
In this duet template, I want to change the time signature to Cut Time, I open this template; double-click the 4/4; select the Cut Time button; click OK. Measure 1 changes...
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Forum: Other
12-19-2017, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,738
Re: Persistent Lyrics
I'm shifting gears as I have another piece where the persistent lyric problem is repeatable across the save/open scenario, using 3.0.6-136.
I originally scored this with measures 5-9 including the...
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