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- 26 Mar 2009 02:57
- Forum: Music Requests and Questions
- Topic: Holy Manna and Wayfaring Stranger
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18902
Re: Holy Manna and Wayfaring Stranger
"Holy Manna" is indeed an American hymn tune, ascribed to Wiklliam Moore in the mid-19th century book Columbian Harmony . The words by George Atkins ("Brethren, we have met to worship...") are the most commonly sung with it, and presumably gave the tune its name. See http://www.c...
- 13 Mar 2009 00:11
- Forum: Musical questions
- Topic: Singing minor scales.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12593
Re: Singing minor scales.
Starting a minor scale with "Do" rather than "La" makes the "Do" syllable always be the tonic of the key. "Di", "Ri", etc. are not so much used solely when ascending, but rather are used when the corresponding scale degree is raised a semitone (which...
- 09 Mar 2009 19:47
- Forum: Musical questions
- Topic: Singing minor scales.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12593
Re: Singing minor scales.
Regarding the solfeggio questions (as opposed to minor scales in general, which Chuck has explained very nicely), me, le, and te are used instead of ri, si, and li because of the notes function in the scale. That is, the me takes the place of the mi in the major scale, being the third note in the sc...
- 02 Feb 2009 17:38
- Forum: CPDL Support, Questions, and Feedback
- Topic: CPDL Copyright notice
- Replies: 15
- Views: 30683
Re: CPDL Copyright notice
Disclaimer: I'm neither a lawyer nor a copyright expert. I'd be curious to see what other people think; these requirements have seemed very questionable to me for many of the works licensed (or otherwise) under the CPDL. The music itself is, of course, in the public domain (at least in the USA), and...
- 16 Jan 2009 17:43
- Forum: CPDL Support, Questions, and Feedback
- Topic: Problem with Abel di Marco's scores
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10956
Re: Problem with Abel di Marco's scores
I was able to download the finale .MUS file for Adeste Fideles and open it in PrintMusic, although it took some spelunking into the source of the page to determine the URL/filename of the score itself. The java-based viewer thingy didn't work, however; I don't know if that's just my browser, or if i...
- 16 Dec 2008 14:31
- Forum: Music Requests and Questions
- Topic: Paper thickness
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14832
Re: Paper thickness
Is duplexing a $3.95 word for double sided? :) Yes, it is a slightly sesquipedalian word for printing on both sides of the paper. A printing press that prints on both sides of the paper in a single pass is called a "perfecting press," so I suspect duplexing may more specifically refers to...
- 15 Dec 2008 22:21
- Forum: Music Requests and Questions
- Topic: Paper thickness
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14832
Re: Paper thickness
I tend to use whatever is in my laser printer, which usually means generic cheap photocopier paper. For most reasonably short pieces, I don't attempt duplexing, as duplexing is a manual process on my printer. It also gives a little more flexibility in putting the page turns at convenient places, whi...
- 09 Dec 2008 18:19
- Forum: CPDL Support, Questions, and Feedback
- Topic: Copyright Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7998
Re: Copyright Question
These sorts of issues vary markedly from country to country, which doesn't make things any easier for us. As I understand it, in the United States, merely publishing a copy of a work in the public domain doesn't produce any copyright protection. Only creative works, not mechanical transcriptions and...
- 08 Dec 2008 03:20
- Forum: Musical questions
- Topic: Pieces I'm entranced by at the moment...
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2500868
Re: Pieces I'm entranced by at the moment...
On a seasonal note, Gustav Holst's fantasy Christmas Day is a nifty piece, and includes among some others two fine old carols that are not sung quite so much anymore, presumably because they are deemed sexist and hence politically incorrect ( Good Christian Men, Rejoice and God Rest Ye Merry, Gentle...
- 22 Nov 2008 20:01
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Octave Tenor Clef
- Replies: 13
- Views: 48582
Re: Octave Tenor Clef
At the risk of exposing my ignorance (which is broad), I'll attempt to answer the original query. My understanding is that a tenor part written using the G clef is always intended to be sung an octave lower than notated, regardless of the presence or absence of a numeral 8 dangling from the clef. I'...
- 04 Nov 2008 00:38
- Forum: Operation and Implementation issues
- Topic: "Last updated" information for statistics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10184
Re: "Last updated" information for statistics
That looks a lot better to me. Thanks.
- 01 Nov 2008 18:56
- Forum: Operation and Implementation issues
- Topic: "Last updated" information for statistics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10184
"Last updated" information for statistics
The date for "last updated" for the statistics looks kind of strange. [[Template:CPDL statistics|(''Updated {{LOCALYEAR}} {{LOCALMONTHNAME}} {{LOCALDAY}}, {{LOCALTIME}}'')]] Updated 2008 November 1, 12:34 Oughtn't it follow a more usual convention, say 1 November 2008, 12:34? I realize tha...
- 24 Oct 2008 03:41
- Forum: Music Requests and Questions
- Topic: I will sing forever
- Replies: 4
- Views: 22706
Re: I will sing forever
The song is (according to CD liner notes) composed by their conductor, Robert Prizeman, and controlled by EMI Music Publishing. I'm not sure scores are available; certainly, they aren't for most of the Libera songs/arrangements, but "Sing For Ever" may be an exception since they list EMI M...