Sunday, August 31st, 2008
I have been learning LilyPond for music engraving lately and I love it!
I have always been intrigued by the intersections between music and programming. LilyPond really appeals to the coder in me because you are basically writing code in a text editor, and out comes beautiful sheet music.
Here is ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
I am a recent convert to Last.fm, but know that this has been a long time coming.
I have hit Last.fm many times since they launched. But I always found it, well, kind of useless in the past. I wasn't grabbing very useful recommendations, and the usability of the software client ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
As I work on my research for my final project, I came across this gem from "The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning" by Parncutt & McPherson. If you are a practicing musician or a teacher trying to motivate your students to practice, these ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
This is how I get Max to practice:
Get my bass and his violin out. Ask Max to help me learn his pieces on the bass (i.e. Suzuki book 1, ABCs of Violin, Fiddle Magic, etc...) Play the piece he's working on and ask him to point out any mistakes. ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Posted Yingwen's performance of the Brahms Rhapsody Op.79 No.1 to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9mctcYghN4
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