tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9794955604373690092011-11-13T16:40:31.339-05:00A blog about Music Publishing, Open-Source and EducationDavid Stockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351565529136097624noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979495560437369009.post-88536902754058130942011-05-07T23:10:00.098-04:002011-05-08T10:10:02.385-04:00

Since I started using Ubuntu/Linux about 5 years ago, I've enjoyed an array of open-source programs available to me for free download. Many of the programs I make daily use of like office suites, web authoring interfaces, browsers, media players and system tools. This development has allowed me to largely abandon Windows as a platform except for the rare instance when I must use it for client

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A blog post using GNOME-Blogger This blog post is being written using an applet called GNOME-Blogger. There are others I'd like to try out as well. I don't know if anything will beat OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice with the Sun Weblog Publisher because of the fine control I have over appearance and formatting, but we'll see.

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Several months ago, I posted some shots of GNU/Linux desktops I'm using to demonstrate open-source music software for my writing project. At the time, I promised some shots of Linux Mint and Ubuntu Studio. Here are some shots of Linux Mint. Linux Mint 9 Isadora with the Avant Window Navigator dock along the top and the Faenza Mint icon set. With a terminal window open. Linux Mint 9

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In this post, I'll show you how to set up Transcribe! with Apple's Quick Time and use it to transcribe music from video found on the web (under Microsoft Windows). All of this information is available in the Transcribe! documentation, but it took me a little digging, so I'm doing a step-by-step here. Requirements:Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (this procedure was tested on Windows XP) Transcribe!

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Update: In the wake of Examiner.com's ill-fated "upgrade" to Drupal 7 (and subsequent loss of essential publishing features), I've migrated my work in this area to it's own self-contained blog on Blogger. In the coming weeks I will begin writing tutorial articles for Examiner.com on open-source programs of use to Music Educators. My goal is to raise awareness of open-source solutions among

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Look what the Sun WebLog Publisher extension for OpenOffice.org can do. I can format my text the way I want to, and the formatting carries over when I publish my post—all without ever even opening a web browser to edit my post. It can even do this: \version "2.13.13"\include "english.ly"\score { \new Staff = "Guitar" { \clef "treble_8" \key a \minor \time 4/4 \

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Fingering indications are ubiquitous in most written music, and this is especially true for Guitar music. There are seldom fewer than two or three solutions for a given passage of music and with all the editorial markings in common usage, Guitar music can quickly become cluttered. The job of the engraver is to creatively use a minimum of editorial markings to convey the maximum amount of

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Note: this is part two of a two-part post on using OpenOffice.org with the OOoLilyPond extension for documents used in a Music Education setting. Please see part one for information on downloading and installing OpenOffice.org, LilyPond and the OOoLilyPond extension. Throughout this installment, click on images to view them at higher resolution. The previous post gave some background

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Note – this is part one of a two-part post on using OpenOffice.org with the OOoLilyPond extension for documents used in a Music Education setting.In the past, mixing music and text in a word-processing document was complicated and time consuming. We were forced to choose between two less than optimal methods: exporting music examples one-at-a-time from a score writer into a text document, or

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Transcribing popular music is largely a behind-the-scenes affair. While not completely anonymous—I usually get a byline—the artists whose intellectual property I render into sheet music receive the praise and credit for their art and really, that's the way it should be and I'm fine with that. Occasionally, however, I do receive correspondence from a reader or musician whom I don't know, and I'm

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Introduction Over the years, I've received several compliments from editors on the neatness and clarity of my manuscripts. I take pride in that because, next to accuracy and timeliness, clarity of intent is the next most important attribute of a transcriber's work. A manuscript that is free of clutter and has proportionately spaced and properly aligned text and music elements is easier for

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The new website is now up for testing. If you feel like it, leave comments in the comments section. The url is http://www.notesettersinc.com/ There are still some empty pages where the content is not yet finalized, but for the most part, it's in its final form.Dave

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For the last month or so, I've been working on a much-needed face lift to the old website I originally put up in 2002. The site hasn't changed much since then, and it really is time to put a new public face on who I am and what I'm doing. The site also highlights some of the charity work I've been trying to get off the ground. You'll see when you finally can check it out.The new site has a '

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Notesetters, Inc. is a firm providing music engraving, transcription and editing service. This blog has been set up in the hopes that it may be helpful to others working in these areas, as well as in other areas pertaining to computer-assisted music notation and music publishing in general. Other topics which may be discussed here are:Music typesetting using LilyPondOpen-source solutions in the

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