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Just Say “No” to Transposed Parts

Transposed parts; younger students love them, but on the whole they are a crutch. One of the reasons they are used so often is...

Bad Page Turns: A Thing of the Past!

Or at least they should be. Over the long weekend I spent quite a bit of time working on Finale files for a new...

But I Was Following the Conductor!

If I were to add one more point to "Who's the New Guy?" - an article with advice for young music professionals - it...

Prejudice and Bias in the Horn World

As noted in prior posts, I have been reading A Devil to Play by Jasper Rees. I went back to it last night and...

A Devil to Play, but Watch the Plagiarism Please

Having heard a few good things about the recent book A Devil to Play by Jasper Rees I ordered it from Amazon.com and it...

Pet Peeve: Know your Foreign Musical Terms

Over the next few weeks I will have a series of "pet peeve" posts. The first in this series is on foreign musical terms....