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Issue: # 50      
 
 1018 subscribers worldwide 
 
 
May/2010
Free Sheet Music to Download
  

Dear                     free

 Here's your JB Linear Monthly Freebie.
 
 
This month the freebie download is "Bad Joke Blues" by John Gibson. This was originally a little piece I wrote for one of my young bands and I have reset it for a quartet. This would be appropriate for students in their 2nd year of playing who have started playing some chromatic notes. It is set for flute, oboe/2nd flute, clarinet, bass (bassoon, bass clarinet, bari sax, or bass guitar), piano (not for beginners), and 2 spoken joker parts.  A bad joke script is provided, although you are welcome to chose your own worst jokes.+++Just click on the "Freebie Download" link to the left.+++
 
Here is a computer audio to listen to with a voice-over added for the jokes. 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
JB Linear Music is pleased to announce a new composer on the web site, Kevin Ure. "His music is infused with Romantic Period ideas while incorporating modern elements to create a music that is both new and refreshing." Available soon will be "Burned" for oboe and bassoon, "Chilled" for solo flute, and "Queen Mab" for flute and piano.
Poll and Survey Results
 Current Poll at JB Linear
The poll question now is, "How many instruments do you own?" The poll can be found on the home page of JB Linear Music.
 
The results so far:
just 1        16%
2-3           37%
4-5           17%
6-7             8%
8-9             5%
10-11          3%
12 or more  14%     95 responses total
Other Good Stuff from JB Linear
JB Linear Blog 
The new JB Linear blog is a place to get good information about woodwind playing and keep up with current news about JB Linear Music. Drop by! 
 
Free-scores.com - Nicola Orioli teaches at the Lausanne jazz school in Switzerland and has dedicated a number of his recently composed "Soliloquio's" for solo clarinet to me (John Gibson). You meet the nicest people on free-scores.com! 
 
Expansion of music engraving services - "My goal is to provide professional music engraving for musicians.  Through my web-based sheet music publishing business, I have developed excellent skills using Finale, a music engraving software. My clients are pleased with the results and speed of completion of their projects. Please see my web page for my portfolio, samples, and letters of recommendation."-from my profile on oDesk
Next month's Freebie Download:  "Alexander's Back from Dixie With His Ragtime Band" by Wendling and Cobwell - for various duet combinations. 
 
Player's quinte* of the month:  
 
One of my young students always says, "FAILURE!" when she makes a mistake. I tell her that "failure" is too large a word when all she did was miss a few notes. Here is a good quote from Mary Paulson at Suite 101.com: 
 
"During the learning process, almost every muscle in the body is making hundreds of minute adjustments. Every time musicians cringe at a painful squawk or chord that sounds like a train wreck, their brains take note and unconscious changes in technique are made. Mistakes aren't fun, but they're the only path to progress."
 
Have fun playing! 
 
Sincerely,
 

John Gibson
JB Linear Music
 
 
*quinte: sometimes it is a quote, sometimes it is a hint