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 A few years ago I started a little (huge) project on MusicEdMagic called the Music Composer Database. I spent countless hours collecting information and integrating it into a great program... Tales From The Podium | Chad Criswell
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When music engraving was engraved
5 Nov 2009 | 1:19 pm
For some time, I've wanted to learn to use a sextant. I'm not a real sailor; I don't have any real practical application for it, but I'm often intrigued by the old ways of doing…
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Opening Files in SmartMusic 2010
4 Nov 2009 | 1:27 pm
At the beginning of last week wrote about the process of selecting solo accompaniments in SmartMusic 2010, and I briefly touched up opening repertoire at that time. Today I'd like to review that topic in…
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The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-02-2009
2 Nov 2009 | 8:24 am
Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Leo Tolstoy: “Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
The Morning Music News Follows Directly, Standby:
The Power of Music:…
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New Music Theory Book Now Available
28 Oct 2009 | 10:21 pm
YES! Theory is important for Drums and Percussion Too!
Drummers and percussionists are often the furthest behind when it comes to music theory, as they play an instrument that has no pitch associated with it.…
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My New Role with ATMI
28 Oct 2009 | 6:58 am
I am very proud to announce that this past Saturday, I was elected to become the next President of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) at the annual CMS/ATMI Conference in Portland, OR.…
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The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-26-2009
26 Oct 2009 | 5:30 am
Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Gustav Mahler: “If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying…
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Having the opportunity to review a new piece of software is always fun, and even more so when it is one that until recently I had never even heard of. We have all heard the names of other music notation programs, but as educators I would bet that few have heard of a product called Notion, at least until now. The newest version of the Notion music notation software has just been released and while it may not sit on the high pedestal with names like Sibelius and Finale, they definitely need to move over and make some room for the new kid on the block..jpg)
I recently received a question asking how to move music back and forth from Sibelius to Finale. I too have this problem quite often as almost all of my old lessons and beginner music that I wrote out for my classes was done in Sibelius but now I would also like to be able to use it with SmartMusic (which requires Finale to create custom arrangements). Since neither company wants to allow the other to begin reading and writing their own proprietary formats, the grand dream of one day having an open, comprehensive transportable music file format is probably never going to happen. For now there is a format called 