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Issue: # 48
       
1015 subscribers worldwide 
 
 
March/2010
Free Sheet Music to Download
  

Dear                     free

 Here's your JB Linear Monthly Freebie.
 
 
This month the freebie download is a Just Intonation tuning exercise with a bass drone audio file. There are instructions included. +++Just click on the "Freebie Download" link to the left.+++

 
 If you want more information about Just Intonation and woodwind tuning in general, here is a brief article:
 

Electronic tuners are a great tool. Once bulky and hard-to-use, they are now small and full of useful features. This guide will give ideas of ways to use a tuner and what to look for when you buy. It is written by the author of "Advanced Intonation Technique for Clarinets", a complete CD and exercise book for tuning improvement on clarinet.

What kind of tuner should I buy?

For one thing, buy a chromatic tuner, not a guitar tuner......(to see more, click here)

 
 You can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
New Music at JB Linear
 Spike Maiden-Muller-music in the easy category (JB Linear EZ music):
 
Chorale and Fugue for flute trio, clarinet trio, or flute/clarinet/horn trio. Great for an easy introduction to modern harmonies.
Poll and Survey Results
 Current Poll at JB Linear
The poll question now is, "How long have you played your instrument?" The poll can be found on the home page of JB Linear Music.
 
The results so far:
0-1 yrs 8%
1-5    16%
5-10   23%
10-20 17%
20-30 13%
30-40 10%
40+    13%          77 responses total
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Next month's Freebie Download:  "Italan Song" by Tschaikowsky from Album for the Young for woodwind trios.
 
Player's hint of the month:  
"I used to practice the piano every day, so I remembered that when practicing becomes regular, it begins to feel real.  The more you practice, the more it pays off.  It's cumulative...Practicing is meditation - we're practicing a way of thinking; we're practicing consciousness." -David Stabler, The Oregonian Newspaper, 2/18/2010.

 
Have fun playing! 
 
Sincerely,
 

John Gibson
JB Linear Music