A Most Befuddling Thanksgiving Update (or My 2017 Christmas Card Carol :) )
My 2017 Christmas Card Carol… one arrangement with three different sets of words.
Since you asked: How to Find Translations on This Site
Finding translations here is super easy. This is what you do:
How’s about that? I didn’t break the internet!
A brand-spankin-new website… that works pretty much like the old one. 🙂
Resizing Scores Using the Personal Composer Demo
Step by step instructions on resizing scores or text using the Personal Composer demo.
Tips for Choir Directors
A few ideas to help directors make choir a fun, uplifting experience.
Why are recordings sometimes in different keys than the scores?
One of the questions that pops up quite often about site content is, “Why is this vocal demo in a different key than the score?”
Herding Cats
What is *really* happening here when it looks like things are just calm and drowsy? A cat stampede.
C Instruments
Many of the songs here on the site include obbligatos that specify the use of a “C instrument.” People often write to ask, “What exactly is a C instrument?”
So without further ado…
On a Christmas Long Ago
Each year I try to do a “Christmas Card Carol” to give away in lieu of fudge or cookies. (That’s because you don’t want my cookery. Trust me.) I never seem to get them done in time to be useful for the current year, and this year’s is no exception. So…Here on Christmas Eve Eve (is that a thing?) is this year’s carol…
Happy December!
New this time: a congregational accompaniment for “The First Noel.”
Hush the Baby: a tale of two melodies
A thing I do to drive myself a little crazier: “finish” something, make it public, and then regret it because it was just. plain. wrong. I’m glad the Lord knows what He’s doing when I don’t.
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
“There is a green hill far away…” If ever there was a phrase designed to evoke images in the mind of a child, it’s that one.
In a Manger Bed, and an attempt at a virtual choir
In which I try to build a choir one voice at a time. With mixed results. 🙂
In That Holy Place revisited
This version of “In That Holy Place” has a new accompaniment and includes an obbligato for flute.
Two Lovely Videos
“Created in His Image” and “I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe” — done by new voices in new ways.
Handy info…
- Transposing Using Personal ComposerHow to transpose .pc scores using the Personal Composer Demo. Step by step instructions. […]
- Resizing Scores Using the Personal Composer DemoStep by step instructions on resizing scores or text using the Personal Composer demo. […]
Since you asked: How to Find Translations on This SiteFinding translations here is super easy. This is what you do: […]