Holiday greetings everyone! This month the freebie downloads are woodwind duets of "Noel No. 10" by Louis Claude Daquin set for2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 alto saxophones. This time they are not mix and match in order to accommodate the instrument ranges.
You can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
Poll and Survey Results
Current Poll at JB Linear
The poll question now is, "I like to buy sheet music to download because (check your 4 best reasons)" The poll can be found on the home page of JB Linear Music.
Here are the results so far:
34.....I like to preview the music before I buy
32.....I like the freedom to make copies as needed
The great JB Linear Music recording collaboration
As promised, around the middle of November I sent out a separate email about the 1st JB Linear Music collaborative recording project. Only three people including me made contributions, although one person was nice enough to play on all four instruments. Despite our efforts, maybe this attempt was a bit premature....a little ahead of the times. It was hard to hear the click track and play at the same time and it was also difficult for intonation. I also think that the internet based software we used is great for people with a real understanding of computers and recording, but not for us regular folks.
It was fun to try and a special thanks to those who participated. Keep this in mind, folks. We might try it again and I invite others to attempt similar projects. Again, the website we used was ScratchAudio.com. If you do, here are some suggestions:
Have a track with a tuning note at the beginning that you will delete for the final product.
It is pretty much required to use headphones while recording each part so the click track and other tracks can be heard well enough to stay together and in tune.
Next month's Freebie Download:
Two Landlers by Giulinani for woodwind quartets. The landler was a folk dance in 3/4 time that was a previous form of the waltz.
Although mostly instrumental, sometimes the vocal parts featured yodeling.
Player's quinte* of the month:
Let's all slow down and take a breath.
Have fun playing!
Sincerely,
John Gibson JB Linear Music
*quinte: sometimes it is a quote, sometimes it is a hint
