Polkas

I can't get the midi file to open either so if anyone is having a problem with this please let me know....my computer technician cannot get here until tomorrow evening so if nothing works I'll get it in the Forum on Wednesday...(I hope)....

TTYL.....Derek.

Hi, Derek:

The midi file opens just fine for me. Great fun with lots of energy and excitement.

I note that your original Souvenir file is a .mus format file, not a .not format file. Did you mean to post a .not file?

David

Hello David...Thank you for your kind comments,it was a fun piece to work on, I did not intend to post a .MUS file so I am glad you noticed it, I have now tried to post it as a .NOT file but it is too big apparently and as I haven't the faintest idea as to how to split it up I suggest you drop it into Composer and then split the hands and again split the R/H and L/H and it will look something like my original score. Have a Good one......

TTYL.....Derek.

Hi, Fred!

I have heard one of your last pieces about a month ago. It was dedicated to your wife. That was an absolutely gorgeous tune! Unfortunately, I was so busy at this time, I couldn't even write my comments to this.

I have a question, my friend. In the melody I've heard some small and beautiful deviations, like a GLISSANDO. But I couldn't find such a feature in Composer. How did you do that?

Be happy.
Kombrig.

Hi Kombrig,

Thank you! If you are referring to some of the slides in the sax part, it is done with "pitch bends". Select "graph over notes" then select pitch bend control. Drawing the pitch bends is a little tricky and takes some practice. After making the above selections, just page down and you will see the red drawings. They can be copied and pasted into other songs as well.

By the way, my wife wrote lyrics for that song and I entered it into the "American Idol Songwriter Contest". I did not release the vocal on that song because I had no choice but to sing it myself and I sound like a frog being choked. The producers will select the top 20 songs from those submitted and then the public will vote (beginning May 2nd).

Cheers,
Fred

Hi, Fred!

I appreciate your hint! Thank you so much. But those slides require kind of special skills. For now on it's come out bad and ugly. However, I'm going to continue to practice...

So, your wife is a poet? Good for her!
Listen, Fred, she probably could help me. I wrote a couple of bossanovas (1. The Joy Is Yet To come. 2. Dreaming of Her Lips). You can find it at Bossanova section of this page. And many years ago I wrote a rumba "When I'm Alone" (at the Rumba section). Could you show it to her, my friend? If she interested, she could write a lyrics? I would be endlessly grateful for that!

Be happy.
Kombrig.