This newsletter is for Pueblo musicians - to keep us all connected and informed about opportunities.
Colors
Hello! The fall colors - gold, mostly - are starting to dominate here in Colorado. As it happens, I'm also talking about the use of color tones in my "In Theory" segment (see below), and I'll touch on the subject of color in my MuseScore Café as well This week in Harmony and Chord Progressions, we are in week 6, continuing our exploration of secondary dominants. The current project is to harmonize a song using these concepts, and if this is new to you, I think you'll be amazed at the transformations made possible. 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 MuseScore Café with Marc Sabatella, we look at the various ways you can customize the appearance and behavior of MuseScore. We'll look at palette and toolbar organization, color schemes, keyboard shortcuts, and more - there are many things you can do to tailor MuseScore to suit your preferences.
Tip of the WeekIn some of my videos - such as my theory lessons - I use MuseScore as a fancy sheet music viewer. I have created a custom workspace to give me as clean a view of the score as possible, without all the distractions of extra panels and controls. In this video post - a followup to an earlier text-only post - I show you exactly how you can do this too. 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 Music Master Class with Marc Sabatella, we will be looking at your project submissions involving secondary dominants. This should be another eye-opener - and ear-opener!
In TheoryIn previous posts, I have shown you a "surprisingly simple" way of playing a melody from a lead sheet, and also a "not-quite-so-simple" way. In this video post, I take this to the next level, by adding color tones to create a sound that comes from the jazz tradition but can also be found in post-Romantic classical music. |
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....