... I never knew that -- I have been such a culprit in the past and now that you've explained it (clearly, as always, thank you) I will stop simply hitting...
... Not even in modern marching band (read that as corps-style marching band) scores, where there are 4 or more "bass" drums on the field? I'm not saying...
________________________________________ From: Peter Smith Piccolo and double bass don't change either. Must be something to do with instruments which have...
... I think it also depends, as John said, on one's instrumental background. I am a very poor pianist, having started on trumpet and spent most of my musical...
... I don't think there's a standard there, either. I just looked through two books I have on the subject (I don't have any actual film scores, just snippets...
I realize I am mathematically challenged at this hour of the day (or night, rather) -- I should have said that I checked *three* books, not two as I typed. ...
... I too am a poor pianist, started musical life as a cornetist and have played nearly every wind instrument professionally. But I prefer to score in concert...
... The difference tho' is that the Ab/Eb key shortens the tube length whereas all the other little-finger keys lengthen it. Saxophonists seem to do very well...
... I always thought it was proper when going off on a tangent to re-label the message "<new subject>, (was <old subject>)". I also learned in my first ...
... That is definitely fine, provided the discussion is at least tangentially related to the original topic. ... No, he's mistaken in this regard: you should...
... On the clarinet there are four left-hand little-finger keys on standard instruments -- the C#/G# key shortens the tube length, the F#/C# key shortens the...
... I have heard that all attempts to introduce 'sax' fingering to oboes and bassoons have failed in that they no longer sound like the traditional ...
... That's true for me too. But as I don't play any transposing instruments (strictly speaking I suppose I do as the bass is transposed an octave) I know the...
... but adding the message at the top does save having to scroll through increasingly long previous messages to get to the new bit, especially if people...
... I can understand that different fingerings would have an effect on the tone (not necessarily the pitch) but when oboists have no problem using a right-hand...
... Good point, David. We all know (going back to Ringo!) that the toms in a rock kit are "tuned," as are the tri-, quad-, and quint-toms used in corps-style...
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... A good point, Adrian, but one which might affect only a few of us. All my writing is for U.S. bands, so of course I follow U.S. conventions: piccs in C,...
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Perhaps not an Earth-shaking discovery, but - If you enter notes with a synth keyboard, guitar and bass parts do the octave transposing thing as the notes are...
On Dec 1, 2007, at 12:01 PM, John Howell wrote: I can't use that template, because I'd have to make so many changes every single time. Why not make the changes...
... Has to do with the history of the instrument, I think, evolving over something like two or three centuries. Originally the C was the only key (and keys...
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... No argument on that! But would you rather have your children study with teachers who have mastered their instruments, or teachers who have not? I figure...
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... I'd love to, but can I add a new template so it shows up as a choice for a new score? John -- John R. Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music College of...
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Besides, that's were the curser lands when you start a reply! Ron...
I could be technically incorrect, but to me a template is just a file. No big deal. Take a score you've already done and delete all the notes, etc.. That's...
... Yes, that's exactly what I did using Mosaic, although it took me a while to build up a collection of templates that fit my needs. I just wish I could take...
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Well, I'm not convinced. It's for the sake of clarity. I think you're being needlessly fussy. It's part of the sad erosion of standards that the internet has...
... Yes, exactly. Under the File menu, choose Export and select Manuscript Paper. It even warns you that when you save it, it will show up in the list of ...
... Not if you set up the options in your e-mail client properly. I use Thunderbird, which is very much like the older Netscape e-mail client, and there's an...
