My name is Marc Sabatella, and I am the founder of Outside Shore Music - a pioneer of online music education since the dawn of the web. As the creator of Mastering MuseScore, A Jazz Improvisation Primer, and other resources, I have dedicated most of my life to helping as many musicians as I can. Subscribe to my free newsletter for MuseScore tips, theory insights, and more information on how to create your best music!
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Hello! A little bird tells me a new update 4.0.2 is coming soon, so keep your eye out for that! It should fix most remaining critical issues in MuseScore 4, and make some further improvements to engraving. Meanwhile, there are still some features from MuseScore 3 that are missing, and work is ongoing to address this for MuseScore 4.1, which I'd expect to see later in the year. I am also working on devising workarounds to as many as possible; check this week's tip of the week for one example! Mastering MuseScoreFor the ultimate guide to the world's most popular music notation software, see my online course Mastering MuseScore 4. MuseScore CaféThis week in the MuseScore Café with Marc Sabatella, we continue our first-Wednesday "ask me anything" series. Ask your questions in the live chat and I'll do my best to answer! The free MuseScore Café is live on Wednesday at 12:30 PM Eastern (16:30 GMT, or 17:30 during the winter months), and you can access past episodes in the archive. Notation ProjectThis week, it's time to wrap up our work on our choral piece - see the full post here. Tip of the WeekMuseScore has a number of shortcuts for navigation during chord symbol entry - to move to the next note, beat, measure, etc. I have talked before about some changes made for MuseScore 4 (mostly made in order to meet accessibility standards), but unfortunately some of these changes have broken certain shortcuts on certain systems. While we wait for solutions, luckily, there are workarounds. For details, see the full post here. Musicianship SkillsIf you want to learn more about music - theory, composition, improvisation, and more - become a Gold level member and receive access to all of our music courses as well as exclusive benefits like my weekly Office Hours. Music Master ClassThis week in the Music Master Class with Marc Sabatella, we'll wrap up our month-long project on chord voicings with a look at some examples of how these techniques are applied in practice. The free Music Master Class is live on Thursday at 12:30 PM Eastern (16:30 GMT, or 17:30 during the winter months), and you can access past episodes in the archive. Musicianship ProjectLearn to play your chord voicings using typical jazz rhythms - see the full post here. In Theoryt was almost exactly three years ago that I launched my first online music course, Basic Music Theory. This was right at the start of the pandemic and there was a flurry of interest in online courses - but that soon turned into complete burnout for many people. So I know there are many of you out there who enrolled but never really completed the course. I also know there are many more who weren't around here then and may have missed out entirely. Of course, being a "basic" theory course (covering the fundamentals of pitch, rhythm, notation, scales, intervals, and chords), I know it's really just review for many of you. Although even so, I also know there are bits of insight here and there that would be of interest to just about everyone. I'd love to hear your feedback - feel free to comment on the full post here. |
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by Marc Sabatella
My name is Marc Sabatella, and I am the founder of Outside Shore Music - a pioneer of online music education since the dawn of the web. As the creator of Mastering MuseScore, A Jazz Improvisation Primer, and other resources, I have dedicated most of my life to helping as many musicians as I can. Subscribe to my free newsletter for MuseScore tips, theory insights, and more information on how to create your best music!
Hello, hello! This week in Practical Counterpoint, we begin the section on imitation, so you can look forward to hearing much about that. This week I also am starting the ball rolling towards crowd-sourcing a library of high-quality scores in MuseScore format. We'll discuss this during Wednesday's MuseScore Café, and hopefully return to the subject in the weeks ahead. My goal is to eventually have a reliable way of finding the "best" MuseScore editions of any given piece for further study....
Hello! Thanks for bearing with me over the past week as I was setting up my new studio. While I still have work to do, we should be back to business as usual with respect to my live events.Meanwhile, this week in Practical Counterpoint, we're wrapping up our initial exploration of writing for three or more voices, and in Music Master Class we'll be looking at your projects on this topic. Mastering MuseScore If you are interested in getting the most out of the world's most popular music...
Hello! I wanted to give you a heads up that I am in the process of setting up a new studio, so bear with me if there are any glitches in my live events this week.Meanwhile, this week in the Practical Counterpoint course, we're continuing to expand to three parts and beyond. I'll be posting some new things for us to work on shortly. Mastering MuseScore If you are interested in getting the most out of the world's most popular music notation software, join our community with a Mastering...