As I attended the Promise of Music Symposium at the Royal Conservatory of Music last month, I sat intently listening to the movers and shakers in the music education world. Many of them had accomplished great things, founded music education programs (i.e. El Sistema, Hamilton Philharmonic, etc.), fu…
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Can people really be tone-deaf?
At the recent Promise of Music Symposium at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the question above was posed to Dr. Daniel Levitin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (and best-selling author of the book "This is Your Brain on Music"). Dr. Levitin's response was in…
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Noteflight
Posted October 8, 2008
I just caught wind of a new online music notation system called Noteflight. I was skeptical at first. I'm a Finale guy and have even taught online courses on Finale Notepad (the free download). But with Finale Notepad now costing $9.95 (cheap, but not free), and many people using free software services, such as Google Docs and Zoho, I can see this online thing taking off. It's a bit limited and I still love my full Finale version for its massive capabilities, but Noteflight will play a role, if only to kickstart a movement toward online notation systems.
I'd encourage you to create a free account and take a look. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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I signed up for Noteflight in November, 2008 and have used it a time or two for very simple recorder arrangements. It was easy to use, but I haven't checked it out thoroughly yet. I plan to in the future. I teach elementary general music.
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