I just revised several files in the Manuscript Paper section of the website. It always bothered me that my large print, “6 stave with grand staff” staff paper allowed only 3 measures per line, since so many phrases are in […]
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Writing lyrics can be a tricky thing for composers. Recently, I found some great articles and presentations on writing lyrics. 8 Cures for Lyric Writer’s Block If you ever plan to write lyrics, you should make watching these next few
Like most composers, I am always testing my music. I test it for the following reasons: To know what works and what doesn’t. To know what is difficult for the performer and what is easy. To know if the piece
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I LOVE my new Brother MFC-6490CW printer! It is an all in one printer that enables me to do everything I have wanted as a piano teacher. Here’s how I am currently using the printer: I can print on both 8.5×11
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There is a great chart comparing Finale Notepad and MuseScore here. If all is as stated, then it seems that MuseScore is indeed a much better deal since it is free and has fewer limitations. Once again, I have not
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There are two music notation programs by which all notation programs are measured: Finale and Sibelius. Of course, these two programs can do virtually anything imaginable in music notation, so no free program is going to compare. But, for students
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Finale 2010 is now available! In spite of all that’s outlined below, Finale still has not made pedal markings easy! It’s my one complaint against the program. Why can’t someone create a function that will allow me to double click when the pedal starts, single
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Maybe it’s not the dream tool you might be expecting…I certainly have not found any software that edits things for me, but I have finally found the tool that I have wanted for years! 3M has finally combined post-it flags and
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This is the best matrix generator I have seen. Easy to use! Another 12 tone Matrix Calculator that allows you to differentiate between absolute pitch method and the traditional method. Here is a good chord calculator for tonal harmony. Choose the key on
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If you do a lot of arranging, you may be interested to know about the International Music Score Library Music Portal (IMSLP). IMSLP contains PDF files of scores that are in the public domain. Many composers of a number of
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