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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>Is Angelfire your website? That’s the sight I use! <IMG
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<DIV>Ug, my teacher doesn’t discourage parallel 5ths, octaves and 4ths like he
should. He says: “Some people think they sound bad, but I think they are just
fine. Bach did parallel voicing's...”</DIV>
<DIV>I’m trying to figure out what I should say when I email him with
suggestions for next quarter. I have no idea what 3rd quarter theory students
are supposed to be learning. I’m guessing just composing as I can count the
number of composition's I have written on one hand. Also I can suggest that he
have us play the examples rather than just have him play his guitar in front of
the class. I can also ask him to please stop reviewing every day... I’m not sure
how many times I need to be reminded that a 6 chord is also first inversion and
a 64 chord is second inversion. I’ve also never seen those written out, so I’m
not sure how useful the figured bass numbers are. </DIV>
<DIV>I recorded his lecture today, so if someone wants me to send the MP3 of the
lecture so you can hear what a class sounds like I can do that. Another problem
is that he talks about classical music about as many times as I say breakfast in
one day. Not very much...</DIV>
<DIV>He uses Beatles to show his examples and the Beatles I don’t think are very
good at showing classical theory. They break the rules a lot. I don’t think he
even listens to classical music that is not guitar music... We were talking
about SATB writing and he was explaining the ranges and said tenors can’t go
above a high A and I asked him what in the world he meant? What about Ah Mes
Amis? He had no idea what I was talking about... He asked me what planet I was
from where someone could hit 9 high Cs in one song...</DIV>
<DIV>I took this problem up with the Dean of the music department and he
basically told me I should either find another school or wait till next year
when the class will have another teacher. So because this is my last quarter at
this school, I want to give the teacher suggestions. He’s open to suggestions
because he’s new and I think being very clear in my ideas will really have a
large impact on what happens in the Spring.</DIV>
<DIV>So please let me know what I should be able to do going into second year
theory.</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brandon
Keith Biggs<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=data@papermusic.org
href="mailto:data@papermusic.org">Data</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 09, 2012 7:33 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and braille
literacy</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] SATB Writing?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703403215-09032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>You
can also download a template from my website for four-part
writing:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703403215-09032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/papermusic/download.html">http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/papermusic/download.html</A> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703403215-09032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>There's the link, and go to "Lime Templates".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703403215-09032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>-Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Brandon Keith Biggs<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 08, 2012
4:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> This is for discussing music and braille
literacy<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] SATB
Writing?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>This looks like the best option. What my teacher does is gives us a bass
and soprano note then has us add the tenor and alto. This is where being able
to write and hear music in Braille on the computer would come in handy!</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brandon
Keith Biggs<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=themusicsuite@verizon.net
href="mailto:themusicsuite@verizon.net">STEPHANIE PIECK</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and braille
literacy</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] SATB Writing?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Brandon,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As for "pretty pictures", I'm afraid we all miss
out on those ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Technology is indeed awesome, but in this case,
you may want to go a bit old-school: If you have a Perkins Braillewriter and
some 11.5-by-11-inch paper, you can do the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1. Write the parts out in a four-line
parallel--i.e., a separate line for each voice part, with soprano at the top
and the other voices arranged underneath. It'll look like a double-stacked
piano score. This way, you can feel each measure and see what each voice is
doing simply by moving up or down vertically within the measure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. Once you've gotten a bit more comfortable with
this method, you can condense your work to a two-line system. The top line
will show soprano and alto parts, with soprano first, the Braille in-accord
sign (a two-cell sign that's dots 126, 345), then the alto part. Do the same
thing on the next line for tenor and bass. In this arrangement, you still get
to see all the parts--they're just not so spread out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For an even more condensed version, you can write
it as a two-line parallel, and, if the rhythm is exactly the same in each pair
of voices (soprano-alto, tenor-bass), use interval signs. So, your top line
would have the soprano part written out as pitches, with the alto part shown
as intervals reading downward from each of those pitches; and the second line
of the parallel would show the bass part as pitches, with the tenor indicated
as intervals reading upward from those pitches. This last method is great for
not only seeing how your outer voices--soprano and bass--move (and often,
those two, when done well, will make it possible to fill in the inner voices
with a minimum amount of effort)--but you can easily play from this at the
piano to check your work by hearing it. </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This
last method is used a lot for four-part writing in hymnbooks, but the rhythm
has to be the same--otherwise, you need either part-measure or full-measure
in-accords.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Once you've done it this way, you can always go
back into LIME and produce a "pretty picture" for the sighted people who need
that!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hope that helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Stephanie Pieck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=brandonboy13@comcast.net
href="mailto:brandonboy13@comcast.net">Brandon Keith Biggs</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and
braille literacy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 08, 2012 4:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Menvi-discuss] SATB
Writing?</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>I’m wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to keep track of SATB
writing? I’m reading the rules, but I can’t see the pretty pictures it’s
supposed to be making. I'’m now just following the rules of only doubling
the tonic and dominant, resolving down to the tonic from the 7th, only
removing the 5th, and not crossing voices. I am having trouble looking out
for parallel octaves or 5ths, the 4 types of motion, extended leaps and just
checking my work in general. </DIV>
<DIV>I’m using Lime atm, but I don’t have a Braille display yet... I’m
trying to get one though.</DIV>
<DIV>Any suggestion's on how to easily follow these rules would be greatly
appreciated!</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brandon
Keith Biggs<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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