17 November 2024
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Jane and I are looking after the Christmas music for the training band and one or two of the pieces are missing master scores. In particular there is a jaunty piece that suits the build up to Christmas called Jingo … Continue reading
22 August 2024
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I’m still teaching my friend, Tony, some banjo playing. He is keen to have a go at the Ballad of Jed Clampett (theme tune of The Beverly Hillbillies), which was composed by Paul Henning and performed with the banjo part … Continue reading
7 January 2024
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Before I unleash my Dvorak arrangement (see Friday’s Going to America post), I need to check the range I have assigned to each part is playable. Fortunately, it turns out there is a tool in Musescore which can be used … Continue reading
5 January 2024
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For the last week or two I’ve been beavering away on producing an arrangement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony (#9 in E minor) for the Charnwood Training Band. We don’t have the range of instruments in the original, we can’t … Continue reading