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    Sight-reading resource

    There's a free notation program called MuseScore. I've used it for years, and it's really good open-source software.

    Recently, I used it to write out a bunch of scales and arpeggios. Might as...
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    Free Improv Course

    Hi there, Jazz and Latin mando pickers. I have just launched a free class for intermediate to advanced string players. Keys to Improvising. I hope people will find it helpful.

    Happy...
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    Acoustic Image

    I'm so impressed with this company.

    I have a Corus seres III amp that I really like. I bought it used on e-bay 9 or 10 years ago. I like everything about it: sounds great for mandolin,...
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    Ol' Time Atonal

    Mando kicks it off. Best banjo solo EVER.

    (I searched "atonal" and didn't see this. Apologies if it's already posted somewhere.)...
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    Re: Note Performer

    The plugin is from a 3rd party developer in Sweden. Evidently betting all his chips on Sibelius staying in business.

    When I listen to the Sibelius Chamber sounds, mixed as good as I can get it...
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    Note Performer

    For any Sibelius users (version 6 and later) there is a plugin called Note Performer.

    Is anybody using this?

    I just got the free trial. Cost is $129 USD. It came out in 2013. (!)

    Attaching...
  7. Re: Relative Major & Minor / Parallel Major & Minor??

    Sorry, I got carried away there. I almost went back to edit out most of that; but just ignore it.

    What I should have said is just the two things: parallel minor and relative. Where the E major...
  8. Re: Relative Major & Minor / Parallel Major & Minor??

    Been thinking about the original thread questions, while looking at a cool old tune.
    I'm attaching a chart of chords only. So no copyright foul; the same exact chords are used in other songs.147631...
  9. Re: Relative Major & Minor / Parallel Major & Minor??

    C major and A minor are related, but they don't always get along real well.

    Look at some songs in the key of A minor. You will see some G sharps in the melody. That's because the 5 chord is E7....
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    Re: When can one rename a tune?

    When can one rename a tune? Here's an example that I love.
    Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones, 1962. Original version was later used as the Austin Powers theme song. (Caution: this number can make...
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    Chris Thile on Performance Today

    I heard today's program in the car:http://performancetoday.publicradio.org

    Didn't know that he was such a classical music nut. There was some tasty stuff he selected for listening. Also a lovely...
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    Re: Thank you Mandolin Cafe!

    My uncle sent this the other day. Apologies if it's an old worn-out joke; it was new to me and I laughed a good bit.

    A woman is on trial for beating her husband to death with his guitar...
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    Re: A-Round by Andy Boden

    Delightful!
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    Re: Short Classical Pieces with Arpeggios

    Some of the variations in Corelli's La Follia: total arpeggiorama in d minor.
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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    It used to be called "back cycling." Circle of fifths arriving at your home key, like the bridge of I Got Rhythm and most other Rhythm Changes tunes. Take Oleo, for example:
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    Re: New to classical....where to start?

    I've noticed the same thing in my own learning. If I have to scramble, it comes faster.
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    Delightful! What am I hearing in the Soundcloud file? Is that a Sibelius rendering of the score? It seems "too perfect" to be live audio.

    Thanks for making parts available. This piece makes me...
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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    I've read both threads with interest. I'm a music teacher, and I love harmony. It's a whole world; it's worlds within worlds.
    It seems as though you can tell when notes "don't fit." So maybe you...
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    Re: Best Banjo joke I've heard in a while

    This cartoon from the March New Yorker.
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    Re: Using a metronone for speed

    How can he play that bass groove, stay locked with the metronome, and talk at the same time!
    Try doing that, even with the simplest thing you know how to play. Start playing, and then try to speak...
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    Re: Using a metronone for speed

    I just made some violin videos about this very thing! Not for speed so much as rhythmic feel: quarter notes, then quarter note triplets, then straight eighths, swing eighths, then eighth note...
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    Re: volume booster

    I need one of these before I boost my volume:
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  23. Re: What to do with your old dead battery Snarks !

    I replace the dead battery. Is that wrong?

    Not trying to be snarky here...
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    Re: Home Recording Setup

    If you haven't already ordered monitors, check out Equator D5's.
    I have a pair of these at home, and they compare very favorably with the Yamaha MSP5's I use at work; but at a much lower price....
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    Re: free online improv class with Gary Burton

    Great sounding tracks, John. Nice lines on Memories, I want to redo mine.

    This morning's effort: http://snd.sc/15eYdsl

    I am going to miss the class, and the weekly video lecture/demos. It...
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