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"And I have no sense of octaves. Took me literally years to hear middle C (as opposed to other C's). Actually, I still can't identify middle C; I do not have perfect pitch, and any note could serve as the tonic "middle C" as far as my ears are…"
"Same, I'm glad my dad talked me out of a degree in music. Had I gone that route I would've been so turned off that I'd probably have given up composing altogether."
"You can't possibly out-amateur me, I've no formal music education and never passed grade 1 piano. So whatever you come up with will probably be much more refined than I can ever hope to achieve.
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"Haha, I rather consider this reducing mathematics to music, than the other way around. 😛
What about bars 5 and 10 do you find grating?
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What about bars 5 and 10 do you find grating?
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"Hooray, another Gx fugue!
This one seems calmer and contemplative than your previous modern-style fugues. The subject was a bit hard to recognize at first, but I started picking it up after listening to it in a loop. For whatever reason this fugue…"
This one seems calmer and contemplative than your previous modern-style fugues. The subject was a bit hard to recognize at first, but I started picking it up after listening to it in a loop. For whatever reason this fugue…"
Today is Pi Day, so I thought I could post this old piece of mine from back in 2015. I'd posted it in the old forum, but since that's gone I thought I'd take the liberty to post it again here.There have been many clever rhymes and other mnemonics…
"I often have my own, very specific, interpretations of my work in mind when I write them.
OTOH I always welcome different interpretations of them, even those that contradict my intentions. (When I was younger, the thought of this terrified me. Now…"
OTOH I always welcome different interpretations of them, even those that contradict my intentions. (When I was younger, the thought of this terrified me. Now…"
"Ohhh I see what it's trying to say now. Cool, thanks!"
"Hmm. I'm reading through this now, and it says "If at all possible, instrument doubling ... should not be included in a principal part". What does this mean? Does it mean that if I have, say, flute I doubling on piccolo, I should write it out in…"
"Ooh that's super helpful. Thanks for the link!
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"Thanks for the tip, John. What about notation size, if I use 9x12 for paper size? Just shrink to fit?"
"Interesting recommendation. I guess in this day and age where musicians are more and more adopting iPads and other such devices for scores, paper size isn't really as big an issue anymore, as long as the page proportions are more-or-less OK, the…"
"This is generally useful for study scores, where it makes little sense to print pages upon pages of rests. For a conductor's score to be used during rehearsal / performance, I suspect the unabridged score would be preferred. But I could be wrong."
"Haha, true. I guess it's more of what's more comfortable for me to read on the screen, than any real consideration of conductor's expectations. :-D After all, changing paper size is just one setting away... (well, modulo tweaking layout-specific…"
I know there probably isn't any standard, but just wondering what are the usual paper sizes employed for a conductor's score with 16-18 staves? Something that's comfortable to read and not too spaced out that it's difficult to pick out the lines at…
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