Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-07-2016, 12:39 PM
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Christmas/Holiday Duets - The Christmas Song
"The Christmas Song" was written in 1945 by Mel Tormé & Jack Wells and is arguably one of the most popular secular holiday songs.
Some of you may think it is too early for a holiday song, but...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-07-2016, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 35,462
Christmas/Holiday Duets - Sleigh Ride
"Sleigh Ride" was written in 1948 by Leroy Anderson.
This arrangement has a very high level of difficulty, with a brisk tempo and lots of accidentals. The Leroy Anderson recording on You Tube has...
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Forum: Tips and tricks for using Notation Software products
10-28-2016, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29,664
Re: separation of closely-adjacent notes
Hi Ian,
Nothing to do with your questions, but I love the chord progressions in the piece you selected. The moving lines are beautiful. Do you know who the composer is?
Ralph Rayner
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
10-22-2016, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 59,157
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
10-19-2016, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 59,157
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
10-17-2016, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 59,157
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
10-14-2016, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 59,157
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-04-2016, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 42,998
High Hopes Duet
"High Hopes" was written in 1959 by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for the movie "A Hole in the Head", which starred Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson. The song was sung by Sinatra and a...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-04-2016, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 47,379
Alexander's Ragtime Band Duet
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" was written in 1911 by Irving Berlin and was his first major hit.
As in many of my recent pieces, you can use Composer commands to display the lyrics (qsl) or the chords...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-04-2016, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 61,069
Re: Star Trek Theme Duet
The ending in my initial posting of this duet was bothering me, as my wife and I played it together. As mentioned before, I had used an mp3 file as one of my sources for how the original song was...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2016, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 63,414
Danny Boy Duet
“Danny Boy” has a mixed history. The theme for “Danny Boy” was taken from the folk song “Londonderry Air” and the composer’s name is not known. The lyrics to “Danny Boy” were written in 1910 by...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2016, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 61,069
Star Trek Theme Duet
The theme from the “Star Trek” TV and subsequent movie series was written in 1966 by Alexander Courage.
I would be remiss if I were to produce a “Star Wars” duet, and not produce a “Star Trek”...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2016, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 65,970
Star Wars Theme Duet
The theme from the “Star Wars” movie series was written in 1977 by John Williams.
I would be remiss if I were to produce a “Star Trek” duet, and not produce a “Star Wars” duet, so here it is.
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-03-2016, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 95,693
Rock Of Ages Duet
"Rock Of Ages" was written in 1763 by Thomas Hastings and Augustus Montague Toplady.
As in many of my recent pieces, you can use Composer commands to display the lyrics (qsl) or the chords (qscn)....
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-03-2016, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 37,173
Onward Christian Soldiers Duet
"Onward Christian Soldiers" was written by Arthur Sullivan (music in 1871) and Sabine Baring-Gould (lyrics in 1865).
As in many of my recent pieces, you can use Composer commands to display the...
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Forum: Tips and tricks for using Notation Software products
07-09-2016, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 93,560
Re: Backup
Thank you for starting this thread, Reinhold. I have to admit, I am a "read the manual later" kind of guy, and I had never looked deeply into your Backup capabilities.
I have made certain that I...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-03-2016, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 39,063
Pretty Woman Duet
“Pretty Woman” was written in 1964 by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees. It made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 that year, staying there for three weeks.
Making a reduction of a “guitar band”...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-03-2016, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 58,215
Ballerina Duet
“Ballerina” was written in 1947 by Carl Sigman & Bob Russell. Two highly popular recordings of this song were by Vaughn Monroe (#1 in 1947) and Nat "King" Cole (#18 in 1957).
If you read the...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-26-2016, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Cancel my previous posting. I discovered that I could select all of the slashes and press Ctrl and the Minus key. Then, the slashes looked fine in both the Composer score and the pdf file. I hope...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-25-2016, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
I have one remaining visual problem with this score. My faked beat markers (Free Text), i.e., the slashes in the rhythm section and open horn solos don't seem to have taken the hint on the font size...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-23-2016, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Hi Sherry,
PDF Export worked fine on my Windows 7 desktop, with less RAM. There is either a Windows 10 problem here, or there is something environmentally different on my laptop. Any help you...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Yes, I fail immediately. No write activity visible.
We're heading home tonight. I will try it on my Windows 7 desktop. Thanks.
Ralph
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Re: Shrinking Large Score Font
Hi Sherry,
I tried your suggestion and got halfway through the export before aborting:
The PDF file could not be created. Error Code: 6
This is my new laptop, running Windows 10. I appear...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-22-2016, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 20,284
Shrinking Large Score Font
In the attached score, I can only go down as far as 7 for font size when exported as a pdf. I get different error codes for 6 and 5, although both say "could not create the pdf".
If you look at...
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