Forum: General music tips and questions
03-30-2017, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 16,462
Re: Help Finding copyright holders
Start at this page:
http://blog.sonicbids.com/who-owns-that-song-how-to-research-copyright-ownership
There are several links there that will lead you to some search engines.
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Forum: General music tips and questions
03-29-2017, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 16,462
Help Finding copyright holders
I'm about finished re-transcribing a piece, Geographical Fugue. The old photocopy I used shows the copyright holder to be Mills Music, 1619
Broadway, Inc. NY, NY. (1957). I want to contact the...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-29-2017, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,328
Re: XML export - Lyric misalignment
The writing is perfect. In 3.0.7 we will have the fix that an empty lyric cell is eliminated.
Reinhold
Ah, that is what you were saying above. Sorry, got it now. Thanks for your patience.
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-29-2017, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,328
Re: XML export - Lyric misalignment
An "empty lyrics syllables" is just an empty text cell left somewhere. One example is in measure 20 at beat 1 (see arrow). It probably happened because the tie (measure 19 to 20) was added and...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-28-2017, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,328
Re: XML export - Lyric misalignment
So, the issue is clear now. First of all there are a few empty lyrics syllables in Voice 1 which create the warning for Voice 1. In 3.0.7 we do a fix that when a lyrics syllable is empty, no warning...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-26-2017, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,742
Re: Reduce Staves size by removing blank parts
Hi,
You can use Staff -> Hide resting staves; you may need to select the "Options" to select the staves that you want to hide resting staves for :)
ttfn,
Sherry
Thank you for the quick...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-26-2017, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,742
Reduce Staves size by removing blank parts
The attached piece has 1 measure per line in a staff. Some parts are resting in many of the staves. How can I remove the parts that have the resting measure? This will reduce the printed score by...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-22-2017, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,033
Copy-cut-paste stops working
Composer 3.0.6: After some variable time (5 to 60 minutes, occasionally longer), Copy, cut, and paste stops working in Composer 3.0.6. It seems to be related to how often I actually use these...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-22-2017, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,328
XML export - Lyric misalignment
On XML export I get an error message (screen capture attached) that says I have lyric misalignment. I use the recommended Shift+L and have visually proofed the alignment 3 times but find nothing. Is...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-18-2017, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,079
Re: Single line staff
Hi,
Thanks for including the file (the choral group at the Governor's School I attended performed this piece - very cool!).
The staff has the Channel as 1 rather than 10, which means you are...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-18-2017, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,079
Re: Single line staff
OK, I’ve got the single line staff set up. I’ve transcribed voice 3 of a 4-voice piece. The client wants his students to learn the rhythm by Notation Player playback. It is not very useful as it is...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-08-2017, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,079
Single line staff
I am assigned the transcription and modification of the attached score samples. The first one is page 1 of 12, 56 measures. It is a spoken, 4 part polyphonic (kind ds' anyway) where the rhythm is...
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Forum: Questions or problems
05-04-2016, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 9,710
Increase number of undo levels
I recently tried to use undo to get to an earlier point in editing but ran short of available undos. Is there a way to increas the number of undos available?
Bill
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
03-02-2016, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,867
Re: Instrument voice samples in staff setup
Hi, Bill:
As a suggestion, install a software midi keyboard, such as VMPK (http://vmpk.sourceforge.net/). That will let you use your mouse to send note and other information to Composer and do...
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
03-01-2016, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,867
Re: Instrument voice samples in staff setup
Hi Bill,
You can use the staff's Setup button (the "sound" icon button of the Staff Controls) to open the Staff Setup dialog for that single staff while playing the file (Solo the staff if you...
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
03-01-2016, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,867
Re: Instrument voice samples in staff setup
Hi, Bill:
While the Staff Setup box is open, playing a note or two on your midi controller will let you hear the selected sound.
David
That would work - if I had a midi controller. I enter all...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-29-2016, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 10,186
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Forum: Suggestions and feature requests
02-29-2016, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,867
Instrument voice samples in staff setup
While trying to select a voice for a staff, I found it difficult to choose because I always had to go back to the .not and play it to see what it sounded like. It would be great if there were a check...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-28-2016, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,645
How to write ending indicators
I have collaborated with the chorus director to write the attache arrangement of "Yonder Come Day." He left how-to-end it to me. There is a final rehearsal mark, 9, page 6, that according to his...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-28-2016, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18,778
Re: Merging staves in sellected systems only
I started to do as you suggested and, though your procedure is sound (thank you), it didn't improve the score IMHO as it was a bit confusing to follow for novice coral members - might have been...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-27-2016, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,970
Hide part(s) from screen view
Can I hide selected part(s), all staves of a given part, from the screen view (at least in page view), not just hiding for printing, and still have them play? Attached is a sample: I want (can do)...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-27-2016, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18,778
Merging staves in sellected systems only
I need to consolidate my printed score (less paper/pages) while minimizing codas and the alike for easy readability. To this end it would be helpful if I could merge staves for some specific systems...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-27-2016, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 20,285
Re: Perform repeats
p.s. Have you given any thought to perhaps using different instruments for the different voices? Over the years we've had some pretty creative choir and vocal ensemble coordinators using different...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-27-2016, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 20,285
Re: Perform repeats
Hi Bill,
Thanks for attaching the file. (Cool spiritual btw :) )
Composer does not understand repeats (nor do many musicians ;) ) unless they come in pairs, so in this case you would either...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
02-27-2016, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 20,285
Re: Perform repeats
Hi Bill,
By default Composer should play the song with the repeats as entered in the score via the repeat bar lines. You can also manually edit the way the song plays using Perform -> Edit...
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