Yep. The music continues. Although I feel at times that I have only been spinning my wheels, I reviewed my accomplished list and can’t wait to post that on my Monthly Update page! July rocked!
For August 2 – 6, I intend to do the following:
Ivan’s Rush Hour – I have completed notating all notes into Noteflight and checked it over with Prof Jill on July 31st. Now to add in the dynamics and articulations (staccato, crescendos, hairpins, tempo markings). The biggest learning curve will be SLURS, which really pull the notes from my head and describe how I’m hearing it played. And I thought swing-eighth notes were challenging… quick! get me to studying another chemistry theory!
I’ve also chosen to enter Ivan into the Sibelius notation software. Noteflight is the Honda; Sibelius is the Porsche. I was unable to import an XML file from NF to Sib for whatever reason. Since, I’m trying to learn Sibelius ASAP, I trust adding Ivan into it will teach me, as well as get that song into a more powerful program. It took 10 minutes to get Page 1 into Sibelius, and I have 12 pages in total. The entire note transfer should be accomplished by this week.
July Project 1 – Ivan may take up most of my time this week. I may have to push off swing-eighth rhythm writing and continued notation for the week of August 10th.
August “My Bach” – This is a 2 page piano piece I wrote in 2003 without ever having played it. It was inspired by the two-part Bach inventions I had to learn on the piano as a child. I have already notated this into Sibelius, and am now working on dynamics and articulations. However, I need to listen to a couple of Bach’s pieces on YouTube to remind me of the music during that generation. Bach was playing on a harpsichord, but I will keep it for piano.
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