Hi folks,
as you've probably all have noticed, Musica Viva has been brought back
from the brink of death and will probably stay with us for quite a while
yet! Help came from the most unlikely place you can imagine, but really
guys, you deserve most of the credit. If it wasn't for the overwhelming
positive respons I got here at abcusers, I simply wouldn't have had the
energy to go looking for a solution!
So lots of thanks to all of you! :-)
Here's something I hope you'll appreciate, although it hasn't got much
to do with abc:
Have a look at:
http://www.musicaviva.com/ensemble/folkband/index.tpl
This might seem like old news, but it isn't. Every single arrangement
has been revised - most of them have been quite heavily modified, and I
have also added 20 new ones. There are now 61 tunes in the folkband
collection, 14 in the English dsection, 25 in the Irish (that's almost a
complete program for a full-nighter!), 18 in the Scottish and 4 in the
new Norwegian section.
The most important changes to the old arrangements are:
*Flute parts in a lower range (I *know* Irish flutists hate the third
octave ;-)
*More "guitaristic" solo guitar parts
*More efficient rhythm guitar parts
*Tunes found in O'Neill's 1001 has been synchronized with the variant in
that book (except for the Trumpet Hornpipe - I just couldn't make
myself throw away my old arrangement of that one)
As usual, all kinds of feedback are highly appreciated - helpful
suggestions, error reports, information about the tunes, or just
generally what you think of the project.
I'm especially interested in how the midi files sound with various
equipment, though. They've been optimized for QuickTime 4, and it was a
nasty shock for me to hear how lousy they sounded with QuickTime 6. On
the other hand, *all* midi files sound lousy with QuickTime 6, so it
might not be an important issue.
Enjoy!
Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com
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- Re: [abcusers] Folkband (and the rebirth of Musica Viva) Frank Nordberg
