This newsletter is for Pueblo musicians - to keep us all connected and informed about opportunities.
You must believe
Hello! This week in the Cohort space we continue our project of producing PVG sheet music by beginning the construction of a piano part. To participate, be sure to join as a Gold level member (and I have fixed the link to do so). Later this week you can also expect to see a minor update to MuseScore - version 4.1.1, which will fix the most serious of the bugs that have been reported with 4.1. I've also updated my course to cover most of the new features, although I still have a couple of lessons left to complete. Mastering MuseScoreFor the ultimate guide to the world's most popular music notation software, see my online course Mastering MuseScore 4. MuseScore CaféThis week in the free MuseScore Café with Marc Sabatella, we return to the subject of writing for piano and other keyboard instruments.
Tip of the WeekMuseScore provides a number of ways to zoom in and out of your score, from controls on the toolbar to keyboard shortcuts to mouse/touch gestures. See the full post here for a video demonstration. Musicianship SkillsIf you want to learn more about music - theory, composition, improvisation, and more - become a Gold level member and receive access to all of our music courses as well as exclusive benefits like my weekly Office Hours. Music Master ClassThis week in the free Music Master Class with Marc Sabatella, we will discuss piano accompaniment.
In TheoryLast week marked the passing of Tony Bennett, one of the master interpreters of the “great American songbook”. I’m no singer, but he was definitely an influence on me through his phrasing and the musical settings he worked in. And one of the most important to me was his collaboration with pianist Bill Evans during the 1970’s. One song in particular they recorded together made a big impression on me, and that is You Must Believe in Spring, by Michel Legrand, with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. There are so many things I could try to unpack about this, but I’m going to focus on how the song exemplifies Michel Legrand’s genius for developing simple motifs. See the full post here for a link to the song and some of my analysis. |
Until next time, keep making music! c/o ConvertKit, 113 CHERRY ST #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205 |
Outside Shore Music / Mastering MuseScore
This newsletter is for Pueblo musicians - to keep us all connected and informed about opportunities.
Hello! This week in the Musicianship Workshop, we start creating compositions based on a model provided by an existing work of our choice. This project will be our focus for the remainder of the month. This ongoing workshop is becoming a pretty exciting thing, and people are learning a lot and enjoying the process. We'd love to have you as a part of it as well! If you'd like to join us, please become a Gold-level member of the Outside Shore Music community, and then head to the workshop to...
Hello! As I mentioned last week, I'm making some changes to how subscriptions work in the Outside Shore Music community. Those of you who have accounts on the site but no active subscriptions should already have received a message from me regarding this. Those of you with active subscriptions are not affected. For those of you who don't have accounts on the site already, I'd still love to have you join us, and I'll send out some more info later. This week in the Musicianship Workshop space,...
Hello! As September gives way to October and the leaves start changing here in the Northern hemisphere (and start appearing in the Southern), there are a few changes here in the world of Outside Shore Music also that I'd like to let you know about. First, as I have indicated recently, I have now enabled a new "gamification" feature for the Outside Shore Music community site. The idea is to incentivize engagement - and yes, I know how buzzwordy that sounds, but it's an accurate description....