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Computer Programmer Piano Player


Jul
3
comment Stage Piano with custom samples
Well, there were dedicated samplers but they were spendy.
Jul
3
comment Stage Piano with custom samples
when you do find such a model, It'd be great if you could post back here and answer your own question :) I remember trying to find a synth like this in the 90s and there was only the Peavey DPM3 and you had to send the samples over midi via "sample dump standard" - REEEEally sloww. I wouldn't mind perusing the specs of a modern synth that could presumably load a .WAV set by USB stick or something.
Jun
28
comment Should “Ooh” be sung as “oo” or “oh”?
Well, all i can say is that PEOPLE are internally inconsistent too :) Which leads music to act similarly (sorry:)
Jun
28
comment Why is the note name “a” not on any important scale position?
Heheh, I'm not sure we DO have something to work with. A note such as A can only be judged the tonic based on the scale it's in. And the piano is the only instrument that gives all white keys on the A Minor scale. And the minor scale is what gives the A it's significance on the piano. Historically, I think it was the hymns sung by monks that were first notated. And many of those used the minor scale. I'm NO expert on music history, but I've read a little of it - it interests me. But really, no note is significant in itself, only in it's relation to the key signature's tonic.
Jun
28
comment Why is the note name “a” not on any important scale position?
ok, well, let's just leave it at "A Minor is a historically significant scale" then. Music notation has changed little in 400 years. The reason it is the way it is is that's how it happened to evolve. But, really, C is not more important than A. We number the octaves over the C..B range just due to convention. They COULD have been numbered A..G#
Jun
28
comment Are there names for referring to the top or bottom numbers in a time signature?
I'll grant ya that. All I'm tryin' to say is that sheet music CAN be ambiguous like that. And if it's not spec'd it's safer to assume BPM=quarter note/min rather than "denominator" per min... I'm positive I've seen ambiguous sheet music like that.
Jun
27
comment Are there names for referring to the top or bottom numbers in a time signature?
I'm pretttttty sure that if there's no q.=99 or e=99 specified, then the sTANDARD is quarter notes per minute regardless of time signature's beat duration... and I'm absolutely positive that in a midi file, tempo values are ALWAYS quarter notes per minute regardless of time signature.
Jun
18
comment Recommendations for sheet music organising software under GNU/Linux
Then you may want to close the most popular question the site has... music.stackexchange.com/questions/444/…
Jun
7
comment Common drum rhythm index
I'll have to try a few of those out. Honestly tho, I don't know why these sites don't use midi format...:/
May
23
comment Is there a color code for notes?
@P i (since I can't seem to add comments by your answer?) My colors were worked out with ole mspaint. In the color editor, Hue can go from 0 to 239. So I used Hue=0,20,40,60,80,100,120,140,160,180,200,220 for my color set.
May
21
comment Are there any publicly available databases ( not just web apps ) of guitar chords?
when you say "database of chords", do you mean "chord progressions"? Or do you mean just a list of how to construct all the minor, major, 7th, sus2, etc types of chords?
Apr
17
comment What is good software for learning how to sight-read?
You could try out my piano practice app :) pianocheater.com