Forum: Share news about music
12-25-2018, 08:22 PM
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Home at Last
This is a memory lane thread, and not so much of a "Share news about music" thread. So, hopefully as such it is reasonable to post here.
Back when I was in High School in the mid-50s, my friends...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
12-14-2018, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 58,640
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
12-03-2018, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 37,456
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
12-02-2018, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 58,640
Christmas/Holiday Duets - A Holly Jolly Christmas
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" was written by Johnny Marks in 1962.
Some of you may think it is too early for a holiday song, but in the past, Sherry advised me that our players need time to practice...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-06-2018, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 47,068
Love Makes the World Go 'Round Duet
"Love Makes the World Go 'Round" was written by Bob Merrill in 1961 for the Broadway musical, "Carnival".
This is a fairly easy piece in waltz time - slow the tempo down when you are learning this...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
11-06-2018, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 35,056
Keep Your Sunny Side Up Duet
"Keep Your Sunny Side Up" was written by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson in 1929 for the movie "Sunny Side Up".
This is another "happy" song with upbeat lyrics. It is a fairly simple...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-11-2018, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 34,647
The Poor People of Paris Duet
"The Poor People of Paris" was written by Marguerite Monnot in 1954 in France, and was made popular by French singing legend Edith Piaf. The English lyrics were written later by Jack Lawrence, who...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
10-11-2018, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 42,873
Sing Duet (The Carpenters)
"Sing" was written by Joe Raposo in 1971, and was made popular by Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters.
This is a fairly easy song for people learning to play.
If you would like to see the lyrics...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-09-2018, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 73,590
Re: A Time for Us Duet
My apologies to anyone who has printed the score or the parts. I had an error in the first ending - the pickup notes leading back to the repeat were incorrect. RRR
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2018, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 73,590
A Time for Us Duet
"A Time for Us" was written by Nino Rota, Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder in 1968.
This duet is a bonus duet for the month. Those who frequent this sub-forum will know that I usually write two duets...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2018, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 0
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Quando, Quando, Quando Duet
"Quando, Quando, Quando" was written by Tony Renis, Alberto Testa & Pat Boone in 1962, and was made popular by Englebert Humperdinck.
I have borrowed a little from Englebert's arrangement of this...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
09-02-2018, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 38,865
Spanish Flea Duet
"Spanish Flea" was written by Julius Wechter in 1965, and was made popular by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
I have tried to capture the spirit of Alpert's version.
If you would like to see...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-06-2018, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 291,437
My Favorite Things Duet
"My Favorite Things" was written by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein III in 1959 for the musical "The Sound of Music".
This is an easy duet for players who are learning to read, and a pleasant...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-06-2018, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 45,889
Maria (West Side Story) Duet
"Maria" was written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim in 1959 for the musical "West Side Story".
Even though I have marked this piece with a strict tempo, it really plays best with two...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
08-06-2018, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 41,096
Another Day Duet
"Another Day" was written by Paul & Linda McCartney in 1971 and "Paul McCartney and Wings" made a popular recording of the song. Before adding this to Cynthia's repertoire, we used to refer to it as...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-26-2018, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 38,676
Re: The Stars and Stripes Forever Duet
I have posted an additional file with this arrangement in Bb (Trio in Eb). My wife Cynthia and I find it easier to play with this change. See the original posting for both versions of the...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-14-2018, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 0
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The Sound of Music Duet
"The Sound of Music" was written by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein III in 1959 for the musical "The Sound Of Music".
This is an easy duet for players who are learning to read, and a pleasant...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-14-2018, 01:39 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 38,676
Re: The Stars and Stripes Forever Duet
My apologies to all who have opened/played this file. I have found numerous errors in the Alto part in measures73-89. I have removed the error file and posted a corrected score.
Particular...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-02-2018, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 38,676
The Stars and Stripes Forever Duet
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" was written in 1897 by John Philip Sousa, the "March King". Sousa was the commandant of the U. S. Marine Band at the time.
This is an advanced piece. Some...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
07-02-2018, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 35,335
Let Me Be There Duet
"Let Me Be There" was written in 1973 by John Rostill and was made popular by Olivia Newton-John.
If you would like to see the lyrics or the chords, you can use Composer commands to display them:...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-18-2018, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,901
Re: Ties Across Repeats, etc.
David, you are (and Mark was) a genius. I implemented your suggestion and it worked like a charm! I had always started the slur with the note I was targeting - never one to the left.
I had tried...
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Forum: Questions or problems
06-17-2018, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,901
Ties Across Repeats, etc.
I've wrestled with this problem ever since I was introduced to Notation Composer. In the past, I've managed to finagle a workaround that while not ever pretty, at least conveys the purpose.
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
06-11-2018, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 301,410
Climb Ev'ry Mountain Duet
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" was written by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II in 1959 for the musical "The Sound Of Music".
This is an easy duet for players who are learning to read, and a pleasant...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
06-03-2018, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 32,322
Green Fields Duet
"Green Fields" was written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1960 and was made popular by the folk singers, the Brothers Four.
"Green Fields" is a lament about days gone by, and...
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Forum: "Learning and Teaching" pieces
06-03-2018, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 29,221
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Duet
"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1969 for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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