Comments on: Orchestra, Tech, & Audition Opportunities Seized http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/orchestra-tech-audition-opportunities-seized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss I try to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Don't be fooled. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Voyagerfan5761 http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/orchestra-tech-audition-opportunities-seized/#comment-8017 Voyagerfan5761 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:19:25 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1097#comment-8017 I'll admit that once I got used to the chicken-scratched scores, they were usable. I suppose I'll have to get used to the idea of using them in the future. <a href="http://musescore.org/" rel="nofollow">MuseScore</a> is an even more marvelous invention, IMO, since it doesn't carry the $600 price tag of Sibelius, and can accomplish the basic score layout features. Sibelius may have "magnetic layout" and "version tracking", but the majority of users just want to input the notes and add a few dynamics. MuseScore does that very well. I’ll admit that once I got used to the chicken-scratched scores, they were usable. I suppose I’ll have to get used to the idea of using them in the future.

MuseScore is an even more marvelous invention, IMO, since it doesn’t carry the $600 price tag of Sibelius, and can accomplish the basic score layout features. Sibelius may have “magnetic layout” and “version tracking”, but the majority of users just want to input the notes and add a few dynamics. MuseScore does that very well.

]]> By: Gerri Newcamp http://technobabbl.es/2010/02/orchestra-tech-audition-opportunities-seized/#comment-7995 Gerri Newcamp Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:03:05 +0000 http://technobabbl.es/?p=1097#comment-7995 Congrats on your paying music gig! If you intend to do more of the same in the future though, be prepared to see lots of hand-written hard-to-read scores! I have played countless shows in my career, and I'm sorry to say that has been pretty much the norm. Hopefully that should change soon as more people begin to utilize music printing software. During my humble beginnings as a Big Band singer, virtually ALL of my vocal charts resembled chicken scratchings. Some did not even include the lyrics (which I always found curious... it seems to me that that should be a given component of a vocal chart, duh.) The arranger for the band that I have been working the last few years uses Sibelius though. What a marvelous invention! Congrats on your paying music gig! If you intend to do more of the same in the future though, be prepared to see lots of hand-written hard-to-read scores! I have played countless shows in my career, and I’m sorry to say that has been pretty much the norm. Hopefully that should change soon as more people begin to utilize music printing software. During my humble beginnings as a Big Band singer, virtually ALL of my vocal charts resembled chicken scratchings. Some did not even include the lyrics (which I always found curious… it seems to me that that should be a given component of a vocal chart, duh.) The arranger for the band that I have been working the last few years uses Sibelius though. What a marvelous invention!

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