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! This week I'll be formally announcing the launch of a new cohort-based version of my Basic Music Theory course. I still have some i's to dot and t's to cross before I can share all the details and open the doors, but I can tell you a little more about what to expect:
I'll send out a followup Thursday with more information, and I'll be talking about it at more length during this week's Music Master Class. 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 revisit the subject of working with individual parts - a makeup session for a recent episode cut short by weather-related technical issues. 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 month we're starting a new project - a short string quartet piece that you may recognize 🙂. See the full post here. Tip of the WeekMuseScore 4 currently lacks the ability to select individual sounds within a soundfont, except by changing the instrument itself. One workaround is to use a VST like sforzando that allows you to load soundfonts and select sounds within them. Another option, however, is to split the soundfont into individual files for each sound. This allows you to select the desired sound directly within MuseScore. I recently shared a ZIP file containing all the sounds from the MS Basic soundfont, split into separate soundfonts to allow you to choose individual sounds in much the same way as in MuseScore 3. Here is a link to a post with information on how to download and use this file. 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 launch our Basic Music Theory cohort - stay tuned for more details! 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 ProjectThis month we'll be doing a set of projects in conjunction with our Basic Music Theory courses. The first project will be announced next week. In TheoryThe phrase "music theory" means different things to different people, and although I have written about this before, this feels like a good time to reiterate some of my own feelings about it. For more thoughts, see my full post here. |
Until next time, keep making music! Marc Sabatella c/o ConvertKit, 113 CHERRY ST #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205 |
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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...