#music-notation — Public Fediverse posts
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#musicalgeeks #musicnotation #musicnotationisbeautiful
Just listened to music with a bunch of turns, so I had to look this up. I never knew the symbol was called a Gruppetto!https://soundadventurer.com/what-is-that-sideways-s-in-music-for/
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Fans of Jo - The Little Women Musical, #sheetmusic of your favorite songs is now available!
#music #broadway #westend #musicaltheatre #musicaltheater #theatre #livemusic #musicnotation #jothemusical
https://symbolsofsound.com/2026/06/12/jo-the-little-women-musical-sheet-music/
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It's summer which means I have time to compose again!
Starting off with a piano piece that gets a little more technique-ey than I'm usually comfortable with. But stretching yourself is how you avoid stagnation. Gonna run it by a piano playing colleague as I go.
Also trying my hand at Caroline Shaw meets e e cummings style tempo markings.
Yes it's pretentious, but damn it I don't have the time to keep digging through my dictionary of musical terms every time I want to evoke something.
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It's summer which means I have time to compose again!
Starting off with a piano piece that gets a little more technique-ey than I'm usually comfortable with. But stretching yourself is how you avoid stagnation. Gonna run it by a piano playing colleague as I go.
Also trying my hand at Caroline Shaw meets e e cummings style tempo markings.
Yes it's pretentious, but damn it I don't have the time to keep digging through my dictionary of musical terms every time I want to evoke something.
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Backstage Burrow Ep6-2026: How Humans First Locked Down Their Tunes (Part 1)
Hi everybunny! Welcome back to the Backstage Burrow! 🐰🌾 Today, we are running zoomies through time to uncover the wild, weird, and wonderful roots of how humans first figured out how to lock down their tunes in a tangible way. Long before you could just drop a link or print sheet music, passing down songs meant relying entirely on a high-stakes game of oral tradition and human memory—from intense apprenticeships in India to 1,000-year-old court traditions in Japan. But what happens when ancient civilizations try to "freeze" sound onto Sumerian stone tablets, Chinese bells, or Greek inscriptions? 📜🗿
In this episode, we dive down the rabbit hole to explore the mind-blowing difference between relative and absolute pitch, and we’ll tease the massive Medieval crisis that hit when an empire demanded everyone sing their religious chants the same way. How do you invent a code for something you can only hear? Grab your snacks and tune in to see how we trapped sound waves—and stick around for Part 2 to meet a frustrated Italian monk who helped change human creativity forever! ✨#musichistory #musictechnology #backstageburrow #rabbithole #ancientartifacts #musicnotation
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Backstage Burrow Ep6-2026: How Humans First Locked Down Their Tunes (Part 1)
Hi everybunny! Welcome back to the Backstage Burrow! 🐰🌾 Today, we are running zoomies through time to uncover the wild, weird, and wonderful roots of how humans first figured out how to lock down their tunes in a tangible way. Long before you could just drop a link or print sheet music, passing down songs meant relying entirely on a high-stakes game of oral tradition and human memory—from intense apprenticeships in India to 1,000-year-old court traditions in Japan. But what happens when ancient civilizations try to "freeze" sound onto Sumerian stone tablets, Chinese bells, or Greek inscriptions? 📜🗿
In this episode, we dive down the rabbit hole to explore the mind-blowing difference between relative and absolute pitch, and we’ll tease the massive Medieval crisis that hit when an empire demanded everyone sing their religious chants the same way. How do you invent a code for something you can only hear? Grab your snacks and tune in to see how we trapped sound waves—and stick around for Part 2 to meet a frustrated Italian monk who helped change human creativity forever! ✨#musichistory #musictechnology #backstageburrow #rabbithole #ancientartifacts #musicnotation
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Flat is an intuitive online editor for composing and writing sheet music. Collaborate in real-time, listen to your compositions with high-quality instruments, and print your scores. Perfect for musicians looking to streamline their notation process. Explore more at: https://getmusictools.com/flat #MusicNotation #SheetMusic #Collaboration
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Notion allows you to create professional music scores quickly and intuitively. Whether you prefer handwriting notes, using a MIDI keyboard, or on-screen instruments, this tool adapts to your style. Perfect for composers looking to streamline their workflow. Explore more: https://getmusictools.com/notion #MusicNotation #Composition #IndieTools
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LilyPond is a text-based engraving program that helps you generate professional-quality sheet music. With its focus on achieving the aesthetics of traditional engraving, it's suitable for any musical style. Plus, it's open-source, making it a great option for indie musicians and composers. Explore it here: https://getmusictools.com/lilypond #MusicNotation #OpenSource #SheetMusic
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Dorico is a music notation software that helps you compose and publish scores with speed and precision. Whether you’re creating teaching materials or learning music, Dorico adapts to your needs. Explore its features here: https://getmusictools.com/dorico #MusicNotation #Composition #MusicEducation
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Crescendo is a music notation tool that allows you to create, play, and print professional-quality sheet music. Its intuitive interface supports standard notation, guitar tabs, and percussion, making it suitable for various musicians. Explore more here: https://getmusictools.com/crescendo #MusicNotation #SheetMusic #IndieDev
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Sibelius offers a comprehensive suite for music notation, allowing you to create and manage high-quality scores with ease. This tool is ideal for composers and arrangers looking to enhance their workflow. Explore its features here: https://getmusictools.com/sibelius #MusicNotation #Composing #AudioProduction
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ScoreCloud allows you to instantly transcribe your songs into sheet music by recording audio or MIDI or importing from YouTube. Get accurate notation with melody, lyrics, and chords. This tool can simplify the process of bringing your musical ideas to life on paper. Explore more here: https://getmusictools.com/scorecloud #MusicNotation #Transcription #ScoreCloud
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Transcribe your singing into sheet music or MIDI with Sing2Notes. Upload audio, use a YouTube link, or record your voice for precise musical notation. Perfect for songwriters and educators looking to capture ideas quickly. Explore more: https://getmusictools.com/sing2notes #Transcription #MusicNotation
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MuseScore is a free notation software that lets you create, play, and print sheet music with ease. Perfect for musicians on any platform—Windows, Mac, or Linux. Plus, it supports MIDI input for added flexibility. Check it out here: https://getmusictools.com/musescore #MusicNotation #OpenSource #SheetMusic
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Got kind of an obtuse music notation question for all my composer and performer friends out there:
I've got piece of music, and it has large sections of it that are based on a half/whole scale starting on F. There is no key signature given in the piece.
So here's m'y question: Most of the time it works out better to use flats (F,Gb,Ab,A,B,C,D,Eb), but occasionally it works out better to do sharps (F,F#,G#, etc.) would it be better to keep it all noted in flats for consistency sake, or to switch it to the sharps where it reads easier?
Right now I'm leaning towards keeping it consistent, but I'm open to either way because ultimately I want other people to have an easier time performing it rather than having it the way I would prefer.
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Got kind of an obtuse music notation question for all my composer and performer friends out there:
I've got piece of music, and it has large sections of it that are based on a half/whole scale starting on F. There is no key signature given in the piece.
So here's m'y question: Most of the time it works out better to use flats (F,Gb,Ab,A,B,C,D,Eb), but occasionally it works out better to do sharps (F,F#,G#, etc.) would it be better to keep it all noted in flats for consistency sake, or to switch it to the sharps where it reads easier?
Right now I'm leaning towards keeping it consistent, but I'm open to either way because ultimately I want other people to have an easier time performing it rather than having it the way I would prefer.
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Beethoven kindly wrote this out for the string section.
(Great article.)
Courtesy of the Public Domain Review organisation.
@publicdomainrevhttps://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/
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Beethoven kindly wrote this out for the string section.
(Great article.)
Courtesy of the Public Domain Review organisation.
@publicdomainrevhttps://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/
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This is the most complete guide to music writing I have ever found: "New Zealand School of Music Guide to Music Notation".
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/nzsm/study/support/student-guides/NZSM-Guide-to-Notation-2019.pdf
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This is the most complete guide to music writing I have ever found: "New Zealand School of Music Guide to Music Notation".
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/nzsm/study/support/student-guides/NZSM-Guide-to-Notation-2019.pdf
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@oblomov Possible starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_notation
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@oblomov Possible starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_notation
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It's ugly but it's there, first time in a while I'll need lots of work #kalimba #musicnotation #musicsheet #musiclearning
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It's ugly but it's there, first time in a while I'll need lots of work #kalimba #musicnotation #musicsheet #musiclearning
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With the popularity of "composing by ear" with DAWs lately, I wanted to give an example of a case when using notation to help identify weaknesses in orchestral parts can still be a valuable resource and make the resulting orchestration even stronger. #musiceducation #howtocompose #orchestration #musicnotation #technique
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#LilyPond wizards here: I am typesetting a baroque piece that ends with a breve in all voices. Lilypond prints a bar line there that I want to hide (just for that final measure). How do I do that?
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#LilyPond wizards here: I am typesetting a baroque piece that ends with a breve in all voices. Lilypond prints a bar line there that I want to hide (just for that final measure). How do I do that?
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Si tenéis partituras Urtext de Henle Verlag anteriores a 1999, tened presente que cada nota, cada plica, cada adorno fueron grabados A MANO:
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O.k., but have you all checked out "The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare" by Percy Grainger?
The score contains such gems as "Somewhat Clingingly" and "These are very short holds, should be so short as to be hardly noticeable"
and my personal favorite "More impulsively".The score is an amazing statement of "I trust you all" from the composer to the performers, especially comparing it to someone like Stravinsky who always manages to give the impression in his articulations other markings that if you don't play the music exactly as he heard it in his head, you were wrong and should put down your instrument and never pick it up again.
Anyway here's a YouTube video with the score, I couldn't find one that was staged as directed, but so it goes.
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The "Jo - The Little Women Musical” London cast album is now available on streaming, download, and CD. It looks and sounds beautiful! We are so proud to have been a part of this wonderful production featuring Tony-winning actors, breathtaking music by Dan Redfeld, lyrics by Christina Harding and John Gabriel Koladziej, and a recording produced by Redfeld and Nigel Wright.
More info:
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Our latest #Disney film project #Lilo_and_Stitch is in theaters Friday, May 23rd! SoS transcribed sung vocals to create sheet music for #localization into dozens of languages. Learn more at https://symbolsofsound.com/2025/05/21/lilo-stitch/
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Virtually every proposed replacement to score notation is just some variation of the piano roll. Every few years someone proposes some "revolutionary" approach to music notation and it's just the piano roll.
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Virtually every proposed replacement to score notation is just some variation of the piano roll. Every few years someone proposes some "revolutionary" approach to music notation and it's just the piano roll.
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Blog Question Challenge: Technology Edition
It’s my turn to do the blog question challenge, technology edition! I’ve been tagged by James.
When Did You First Get Interested in Technology?
You have to understand that I consider “technology” as something “more than electricity, binary code, recording, or the Internet. It is the long pattern of humankind observing our surroundings and finding ways to adapt them…” — check out the whole textbook I wrote on this subject! 😁 Honestly, as a history nerd, I love exploring how humanity has adapted and reconceptualized our surroundings in all sorts of ways throughout the eons of our existence…
For me right now, these are the two answers that come to mind:
- I first started learning to read sheet music (a communication technology that’s been around in some fashion since at least the ancient Sumerians 4,000 years ago; or, in our more familiar western form starting in the late 1300s) when I was in third or fourth grade. My music reading was of course strengthened throughout my time singing in choirs starting in fourth grade, picking up my first violin in fifth grade and continuing to play to this day, teaching myself to play piano since I was a kid (whenever I came across one like at my grandparents’ house), playing handbells in church during my teen years… I wouldn’t trade this technology of music notation for anything; it’s been invaluable to me my whole life in helping me understand the nature of sound, acoustics, intervals, how different cultures interpret those sounds through their styles of notation, and how all of this intertwines…
- At the same time, my first video game console was a Commodore VIC-20 — I LOVED this machine and all the game cartridges I grew up playing on it!!! I must have started playing with it when I was maybe 6 years old… We plugged it into our family television in the living room and used a joystick from the Magnavox Odyssey 2. I can’t tell you the nostalgia I have when recalling the feeling of this in my hands! Some of my most favorite games included the text adventures of Scott Adams, Moon Patrol, Pole Position, Rat Hotel, and soooo many more!
What’s Your Favorite Piece of Technology All-Time?
I can’t choose just one, seriously…but here are my top two…
- Notation Software: Right now I’m using Dorico, and I LOVE it!! Best software for this purpose I’ve ever used, for sure! But, regardless of the evolving brands over the years, I started out writing my original music by hand, with pencil and paper, when I was 13. Being given my first notation software some years later (a pirated copy of Finale, haha) seriously changed everything! With this tech, I can copy/paste notations, hear a MIDI rendition of what I’m working on and make changes when needed, create professional looking sheet music that can not only be used by musicians but also sold online (believe me, printed music is ALWAYS preferable to handwritten parts…)… There’s just no comparison–but I will say that first learning your craft by hand is an extremely valuable experience that makes you just really appreciate the advanced tech even more.
- The ability to share music in various physical/digital storage formats: from vinyl to cassettes to CDs to mp3s and other file formats… I won’t say “streaming” however; while it is an impressive and [arguably] inevitable outgrowth of the Internet and the file-sharing craze of the ’90s, I truly believe we can do better for our artists and their fans than what we currently have with this streaming economy. BUT, the ability to store and shape and share music on various mediums is astounding! I’m one of those artists that would prefer to hone and craft and record my work in order to share it around, rather than play it live and have it disappear… So the fact that I can do that, is just thrilling for me!
What’s Your Favorite Piece Of Technology Right Now?
In no particular order…
The mid-century mechanical pegs on my acoustic violin: So my violin is more than 100 years old, but at some point in the mid-1900s, some previous owner had swapped out the normal friction pegs for mechanical pegs (they could have originally been banjo or mandolin pegs…?). I have to carry a screwdriver in my violin case for the rare occasion if a screw loosens and therefore a string starts falling flat, but otherwise these work fantastically well! My strings generally stay in tune even in adverse weather; plus the appearance gives my fiddle a really unique character! 🙂
My music recording set-up: My DAW (Logic Pro), my notation software (Dorico), my microphones, my audio interface (EVO 8), even a way cool iPad app called Audio Kit Synth One that creates fabulous digital synth presets… everything I need to make my music come to life and be able to be shared far and wide!
My 6-string electric violin: What else can I say–I adore her! She’s a Dragonfly model from the Electric Violin Lutherie in New York. The sixth string allows me to play almost to the bottom of a cello’s range… 🙂 You can hear a fabulous example of what she’s capable of on this EP…
Name One New Cool Piece Of Technology We’ll Have in 25 Years!
I mentioned this a bit earlier in this post, but I’m really hoping we find a better system for sharing music that is more freeing for both artists and listeners, where we all can enjoy and share various kinds of niche art for art’s sake, without needing to cater to the billionaire mega-corporations that have always held sway over what gets heard and what is even allowed to make any kind of money (e.g., Spotify’s decision not to pay any track that gets less than 1,000 streams in a year, which affects over half the songs on the platform). Maybe we’ll find an answer in adapted blockchain tech?… Maybe we’ll go back to favoring the collection of physical media? Maybe something blending the two ideas…? I don’t know… But that’s my hope.
Final Thoughts…
I am always and forever blown away that some of humanity’s biggest technological inventions came at first to enhance our ability to make music and art [take the wind-wheel for example: it was first put to use by Heron of Alexandria to power his own hydraulis–which, originally created in the 3rd century BCE by Ctesibius of Alexandria, was the world’s first keyboard instrument and the direct ancestor of the pipe organ; and the world’s first programmable machine was a “robotic flute player” invented by the Banu Musa Brothers in Baghdad in the 9th century (CE).]!!
Get this: The earliest evidence for textiles and sewing needles dates back to 30,000 and 61,000 years ago respectively. The oldest bone flute discovered dates back to at least 60,000-40,000 years ago, depending on who you ask. Basically music-making with complex instruments is at least as old as the beginning of making clothes. 😉
Who Will Participate Next?
I challenge Adam to complete the challenge! Tag, you’re it. 🙂
#commodore #electricViolin #musicHistory #musicNotation #musicTechnology #retroVideoGames #technology #vic20 #violin
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Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
#musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome -
Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
#musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome -
Welcome to Mastodon, @MusicEncoding !
The Music Encoding Initiative is a community-driven and open-source effort for encoding musical documents in a machine-readable structure.
https://music-encoding.orgThe tools and resources they help create are free to all, and they are one of the most welcoming and friendly communities I know.
#musictheory #classicalmusic #musicnotation #lilypond #musescore
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Welcome to Mastodon, @MusicEncoding !
The Music Encoding Initiative is a community-driven and open-source effort for encoding musical documents in a machine-readable structure.
https://music-encoding.orgThe tools and resources they help create are free to all, and they are one of the most welcoming and friendly communities I know.
#musictheory #classicalmusic #musicnotation #lilypond #musescore
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O.k. So I've been using Sibelius for a little over two weeks now, having switched from Finale. (Did you know Avid offers a heavily discounted perpetual license for Finale users? They do, you just have to dig to find it)
Things I love about Sibelius right now:
Everything to in the "Review" tab.Things I suspect I will enjoy once I get used to them: All the stuff around copying\pasting notes
Thing I'll be o.k. with once I get used to: not having a floating tool bar that is full of arcane symbols
Thing I instinctively hate: all the icons in the top ribbon looking like they were designed after the mid 90s.
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okay so feature-wise #musescore 4.5 looks AMAZING but on the other hand what on *earth* is this logo
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Today's thoughts on extended techniques - do we need a 21st century Bartolozzi? https://helenbledsoe.com/extended-techniques-do-we-need-a-pan-woodwind-view/
#woodwinds
#music
#contemporarymusic
#avantgardemusic
#composers
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There is software that can read musiic notation and play back melody.
There is software that can read a text and play back speech.
But is there software that combines the two and plays back the melody with lyrics?
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I want to thank @tantacrul and Team for the tremendous work on #MuseScore. The application is just incredible.
Only the developer handbook is confusing, so I resorted to building a #Bash script instead of a #Plugin, because the former was easier. But I am happy to get a pointer where to start, until then this is the script I hope someone else will also find useful:
https://gitlab.fami.ga/misc/musescore-uebungsaudio-export/-/blob/main/export_audio_files.sh
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Fediverse bass players:
What's your process/tools for tabs notation? I'm dissatisfied with a lot of the tabs I find online (duh) & want to do more of my own tabs.
I suppose pencil & paper's probably the place to start 😅
But any suggestions? I want to do proper notation (see 🧵) not just text-based tabs.
I've used musescore but they've gone completely commercial now?
Suggestions? 🙏 & boosts appreciated.
#bass #bassGuitar #musicNotation #musicSoftware #sheetMusic #tabs
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Hello world. Given that I’ve moved servers, it’s time for an #introduction. I’m Noah, a 21-year-old #Blind vocalist, skier and #accessibility enthusiast. I am a rising third-year at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York pursuing a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, but I am currently taking an academic leave of absence for training at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. I am also privileged to serve on the board of @Students, a proud division of @nationsblind. However, this is a personal account. The views expressed are my own and not those of any institution, organization, employer, etc., and follows, reblogs, and favorites are not endorsements. Given my studies, I am also a huge supporter of #Braille & #MusicBraille availability as well as digital #MusicNotation software accessibility in the hope that blind musicians will have greater access to music literacy at parity with their sighted colleagues. #BrailleRocks, y’all. When I’m not working, I enjoy great music of all kinds (seriously, my Spotify is chaos), an interesting book, good company, a probably slightly unhealthy amount of YouTube, and a hot cup of decaf coffee or tea (I’m sadly sensitive to caffeine).
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Can't get the hook from Gild the Lily out of my head -- a pleasure as far as earworms go -- but I figured I'd jot it down over lunch, to see if that helps me move on. (attached) #BillyStrings #BMFS #guitar
Since Finale bit the dust with Sequoia, I need to learn to use Dorico anyway. After this first attempt, not a fan so far. #musicnotation
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Crystallis Ultima
I made it into the Newgrounds Underdogs’ Audio Contest (NGUAC) Finals Round... and then won the contest with this piece!
I hope you enjoy this one (and please subscribe on YouTube!).
➣ Full song: https://youtu.be/yXkT7ahj7tY
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