Music Journal - November 07

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Editorial - Caveat Emptor
Among life’s many minor exasperations – out-of-tune pianos (and pianists!); commuting to work; the Utilitarian Tendency in music education; rainy bank holidays – is the occasional murmur that services equivalent to the ISM’s can be obtained at a fraction of the cost from this or that association, which as it happens also caters more closely for specific interests....   more

Feature - E.T & All That by Gareth Clemson
No – not the film, but Equal Temperament, or ET for short. I have recently been reading a book on the subject. Truly fascinating. But more of that later.  more

Feature - Pianoteq: A Grand Piano in Your Computer by Tony Cliff
With the large storage capacity, fast processors and generous RAM allocation of modern computers, it is possible to store numerous high-quality digital samples of instruments ready for software sequencers or notation programs to utilise. This means that composers are now able to produce extremely convincing renditions of all kinds of music, from symphonic orchestral to jazz, pop and world music. more

Conferences and Seminars

CPD
A round up of professional development opportunities. more