notation

I’m still having difficulty with the variation of Light Blue. Watching Neil over and over with the rhythm in the hands hasn’t helped me. Either it needs to be slowed down or written out for me so that I can SEE it. Could someone maybe…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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I’m having my students compose and notate a piece. Of course notating rhythm is a challenge for some, but a wonderful way to have them ‘self generate’ as best they can. We do a ‘back in forth’ where I help them tweak it so it…

• Last updated 3 years ago
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Hi all,

I try to keep you advised about these updates as soon as they become available. Here is an excerpt from an email that I received today from Coda Music: ————– We are happy to announce that Finale NotePad 2005 with support for Macintosh® OS…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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What are some top reasons that you think playing based is a useful approach? One for me: It helps the student see the piece holistically – understanding through patterns the form of a piece. (The ‘puzzle pieces’ as it were.) My favorite is just that…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I’m looking for input on comprehensive music notation software for PC platform. I have a student who is extensively composing (full 3-4 movement sonatas, for example) and has been using MuseScore. I personally have not used Sibeluis, Finale, Etc extensively enough to have a solid…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I have an adult student who had her first lesson today. She has traditional background. She was wondering if it was OK to still play her traditional music while learning SM. I suggested she not play them at least the first 2 or 3 weeks,…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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