[DECtalk] One of the Barbershop files in VocalWriter

Ulysses Garcia Green_Gables_fan33 at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 18 21:55:05 EDT 2015


I'm not sure where you got confused.
I was trying to make a MIDI file based on listening to the MP3 file, but 
there are so many chords blended together that it's hard to tell what's 
really going on. That's why I'm trying to find the origin of this piece 
so I can download sheet music for it.

On 18/09/2015 18:44, Carlos Fernandez wrote:
> That is indeed the file I used. I hope it works.
>
> Carlos
>
> On 9/18/2015 20:31, Ulysses Garcia wrote:
>> Which MIDI file did you use? If you used the one that I attached, 
>> then that was the MIDI file that I made, so it wouldn't be perfect in 
>> any way. Actually, I did it in F-major because it's more emotionally 
>> appealing to me than F#-major.
>> I'd like to find an arrangement that is a lot like this, or learn 
>> where this piece originally came from.
>> -Ulysses
>>
>> On 18/09/2015 16:47, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk wrote:
>>> Try this. I did a fast and dirty midi to braille conversion and I'm 
>>> attaching the resultant braille file, which you can emboss or read 
>>> on a display. I'm not sure how you will like it. I have not proofed 
>>> this file in any way.
>>> The midi file seems a bit off--there are some jumpy parts. In 
>>> addition, this file is in F major, whereas the original vocalwriter 
>>> performance is in F-sharp, if you care about that.
>>> Let me know if I can help further.
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>> On 9/18/2015 18:18, Ulysses Garcia via Dectalk wrote:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> I'm not sure how many on here are Barbershop music fans.
>>>> I recently started learning about the style two years ago, and I 
>>>> often take the music apart to see how the voices harmonise.
>>>> In this case, there's a really great song which has become my 
>>>> favourite. It is on the dectalk archive, under the artists Vocal 
>>>> Writer folder. The file is called Let It Snow. From what I 
>>>> understand, both Flint Million and Hugh Emerson made music with 
>>>> Vocal Writer. Flint did a lot of the modern stuff while Hugh did 
>>>> the choral part. So I'm wondering if he might have made the Let It 
>>>> Snow file as well.
>>>> I am also wondering if there is any sheet music that I can have 
>>>> made in Braille so I can read the notes as well. Here's a MIDI 
>>>> file, made to the best of my ability. Also, there's a YouTube video 
>>>> with the same arrangement, but with a slight variation. 
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyEYUndG_i4
>>>> If you can give me more information about this piece I'd be very 
>>>> grateful. I'd like to have this done by Christmas, only three 
>>>> months away.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> -Ulysses
>>>>
>>>>
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