Monday 18 October 2021
by Wulf
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I know that, by the calendar we have over two months to go but the local Lidl already has a wide selection of Christmas goodies out, on the opposite side of the display with all the Halloween sweets. I try … Continue reading
Sunday 17 October 2021
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Up until recently, I’d done most of my music editing using Lilypond (the engine) and Frescobaldi (the graphical interface), two excellent Open Source tools. I was running them in a virtual Linux machine hosted on my MacBook and I’ve still … Continue reading
Friday 8 October 2021
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Here’s a useful trick I’ve worked out to help me with the wind band parts. If I search on YouTube for the title of the piece and add the name of the arranger, it normally lands on one or more … Continue reading
Monday 4 October 2021
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I got on better at the wind band rehearsal yesterday evening, even though it was time for the Christmas music to come out and it was a completely new pad. Some of the parts were written an octave up from … Continue reading
Wednesday 29 September 2021
by Wulf
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I had planned to pop down to the Loughborough Acoustic Club tonight but, by the time I’d finished dinner and without a clear set of songs in mind, I decided to stay in and work on some new (for me) … Continue reading
Sunday 26 September 2021
by Wulf
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This evening, I joined Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra for their rehearsal. The connection is that our trumpet player at church is a long-time member of the band and they have got a vacancy in the string bass chair. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading
Thursday 23 September 2021
by Wulf
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This evening I was doing a bit of practise on the songs for Sunday. Someone else is leading so I get to be just the bass player and support the backing vocals. One or two of the songs are on … Continue reading