No More Practice. No More Homework.
Want Better Students? Get Rid Of The Homework!
Read
this posting with an open mind. The ideas that I am throwing out here
may seem downright absurd. Some of the thoughts I
have spelled out here scare even me. But what if they are right?
Tales From The Podium
Chad Criswell
Free Trumpet Sheet Music: Where To Find It
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There are dozens
of web sites that allow you to download free sheet music, but only a select few offer downloads specifically for
individual instruments such as the trumpet. The selection is further limited by the fact
that in order for the sheet music to be offered for free, either it has
to be out of copyright or the copyright holder must offer it for free of his
own free will. In the case of the trumpet, good quality free sheet
music is more difficult to come by than music for more popular
instruments such as guitar or piano. In other words, with free sheet
music you get what you pay for. Be ready for the fact that in a majority of cases the variety of
music available for the trumpet will be very limited in terms of titles
and in some cases the actual quality of the printed music itself may be
less than ideal.
Tales From The Podium
Chad Criswell
I hadn't intended to post a blog article today. In fact, today marked the opening day of the annual Iowa Bandmaster's Convention in Des Moines and I had hoped to let the next few days recharge my mental batteries and return with a renewed stack of ideas to share with all of you. Things changed a bit as I listened to the news on the way home.
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The Fourth Of July is just around the corner, and with it come thoughts
of the patriotic music that we have all grown up with to celebrate the birth of
our country. Over the past several months I have been working to
create a series of sheet music collections to allow music students on
any instrument to play the most often requested of these patriotic
standards. All of these pieces of traditional patriotic music are
written to be playable by any musician, including beginners. Parts are
included in Adobe PDF and in Sibelius SIB formats. For each of the
pieces you can view a copy of the full conductor's score and listen to
it as well using the free Sibelius Scorch plug-in.
I recently received an email from the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) speaking of an upcoming web based music advocacy seminar titled "Working with Allies -- Associations and Businesses." This webinar is to be shown on May 24th, and MENC is providing free registrations to the first 200 MENC members that sign up.
