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iRig HD & iRig PRO now compatible with Windows Workaround is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 To get iRig HD and/or iRig PRO working on Windows you need to download a 3rd party driver called ASIO4ALL. Although it is a 3rd party driver, we have tested it in several Windows configurations with good results. This 3rd party driver allows you to select different input and output sources, which is needed since iRig PRO does not offer an output. Please follow these steps to setup your device on Windows. Please note that there are interfaces that may not work properly with the below steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Click the enable/power button on both the iRig PRO and your other interface that you will be listening to the output from. 7. Under Output channels, make sure your interface you are monitoring from is selected. Note: Do NOT enable the 'Hardware Buffer' under Options in the ASIO4ALL panel, as this causes poor performance. You are now ready to play! For more info on the iRig HD specs click here

Arthur Foote like. But he did occasionally venture into program music, notably with his "symphonic prologue" Francesca da Rimini and his Four Character Pieces after Omar Khayyám for orchestra. His cantatas, now long-forgotten, drew inspiration from Romantic poetry and art, as exemplified by The Farewell of Hiawatha and The Wreck of the Hesperus. After childhood piano studies, Foote entered Harvard in 1870, originally intending to study law, but also enrolled in the music curriculum. Foote also produced several manuals; his Modern Harmony in Its Theory and Practice, written with W.R.

The Geometry of Music When you first hear them, a Gregorian chant, a Debussy prelude and a John Coltrane improvisation might seem to have almost nothing in common--except that they all include chord progressions and something you could plausibly call a melody. But music theorists have long known that there's something else that ties these disparate musical forms together. The composers of these and virtually every other style of Western music over the past millennium tend to draw from a tiny fraction of the set of all possible chords. And their chord progressions tend to be efficient, changing as few notes, by as little as possible, from one chord to the next. Exactly how one style relates to another, however, has remained a mystery--except over one brief stretch of musical history. But Tymoczko may have changed all that. The discovery is useful for at least a couple of reasons, says Tymoczko.

The Geometry of Music - Science Articles | Dmitri Tymoczko Dmitri Tymoczko, Science 313: 72-74 (2006). Provides a geometrical model of musical structure, and uses this model to explain how harmony and counterpoint can be combined. The paper comes in two parts: The three-page summary, as it actually appeared in the magazine. (A link to a PDF is in the upper left.) Clifton Callender, Ian Quinn, and Dmitri Tymoczko, Science 320: 346-348 (2008). Generalizes and extends the ideas in the previous paper to provide a comprehensive translation manual between music theory and geometry. Also in two parts: You may also find it useful to download ChordGeometries, a computer program that allows readers to interact with the geometrical spaces described in these papers.

Hoagy Carmichael American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.[3] Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Carmichael was the only son of Howard Clyde Carmichael, of Scottish ancestry,[citation needed] and Lida Mary (Robison). He began to compose songs, "Washboard Blues" and "Boneyard Shuffle" for Curtis Hitch, and also "Riverboat Shuffle", recorded by Beiderbecke, which became a staple of jazz and Carmichael’s first recorded song. Early career[edit] 1930s[edit] Carmichael arranged and recorded "Up a Lazy River" in 1930, a tune composed by Sidney Arodin. Carmichael started to emerge as a solo singer-performer, first at parties, then professionally. 1940s[edit] When composing, Carmichael was incessant. 1950s[edit]

The Quick 10: 10 of the Most-Covered Songs Ever I'm one of those music snobs that very rarely likes a cover song more than I like the original, especially when it comes to the Beatles. So when I checked out this list, I was a bit pained to see that half of the 10 most-covered songs are Beatles songs (or songs by ex-Beatles). This isn't an exhaustive list, by the way "“ just some of the most-covered songs. 1. Yesterday, the Beatles. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. So, let's talk covers in the comments. Musical Language In this hour of Radiolab, we examine the line between language and music. What is music? Why does it move us? We re-imagine the disastrous debut of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in 1913 through the lens of modern neurology, and we meet a composer who uses computers to capture the musical DNA of dead composers in order to create new work. Correction: An earlier version of this piece incorrectly stated the dates of two performances of “Rite of Spring” and the time that passed between them. Correction: An earlier version of this piece incorrectly stated that the “Rite of Spring” was used in the movie “Fantasia” during the part that featured mushrooms.

Key Chords Key Chords app generates guitar chord progressions automatically. Use it free online, or get the app for Mac, Windows or iOS (iPad) - Click on a chord to preview how it sounds. - Drag and drop to arrange the chord progression - Tweak the settings to control the playback speed Or role the dice and Key Chords will automatically generate a nice sounding progression. Select a Key: Select a key and choose a the major or minor scale. The resulting chord chart will display applicable chords for the selected key. Click a chord: ... and you will hear a cheap computer generated guitar playing the chord. Drag & Drop: - Chords from the chart into the progression timeline. - Rearrange Chords in the progression. - Remove chords from the progression. Roll the Dice: ... and a random chord progression will appear in the timeline. The numbers below each chord in the progression refer to the number of "beats" the chord will linger for. The "Rake Speed" refers to the speed of a single "strum." The main chart areas.

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