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The Music Workshop

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The basic idea

The basic idea is actually quite simple. For each tune there is a two-part arrangement, a three-part arrangement and a four part arrangement (often with an optional fifth part added).
Then there are optional accompagniment parts for varius instruments at various difficulty levels and usually some "beginners parts" for strings.
Finally there are lots of solo arrangements for various instruments with or without accompagniment.

And - and this is the real beauty of it all: you can mix the different arrangements of the same tune any way you like! Just remember that at least one of the arrangements has to be complete and that you have to keep some sensible balance between the parts.

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Special orders

Confused?
Just read the help files, and try it out yourself, and it'll become much clearer.

Or - conatct me and I'll write an arrangement of one of the Music Workshop titles specially adapted for your ensemble. Not for free, of course, but since much of the job is already done, I can keep the price far lower than what'd you expect to pay for a specially adapted arrangement. A typical price for an ensemble with 5-10 instruments is aaround $10.

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What do the different part names mean?

Part name:	Instruments:	Comments:
Treble clef	Recorder Flute Oboe C clarinet C trumpet Mandolin (melodic mandolin parts) Violin	Non transposing treble instruments. Sometimes it's a good idea to have some of these instruments play the "8vb treble clef" part instead.
8vb treble clef	Treble recorder (in recorder ensembles) Tenor recorder (in recorder ensembles) Guitar (melodic guitar parts)	Low octave instruments notated with treble clef. Sometimes it's a good idea to use the "normal" treble clef part instead
Alto clef	Viola
Bass clef	Bass recorder Bassoon Trombone Baritone (horn) Euphonium Tuba Cello Double bass Bass
8vb bass clef	Tuba Double bass Bass	Use the "normal" bass clef part if there are no 8vb bass clef part - and also in larger ensembles.
A instruments	Oboe d'amore A clarinet
High Bb instruments	Bb clarinet Soprano saxophone Bb cornet Bb trumpet Flügelhorn Bugle	Don't take these lists too literally. It might be a good idea to try some other Bb part than the "right" one.
Mid Bb instruments	Bass clarinet Tenor saxophone Trombone Baritone (horn) Euphonium
Low Bb instruments	Contrabass clarinet Bass saxophone Bb tuba
High Eb instruments	Eb clarinet Sopranino saxophone Eb cornet	Don't take these lists too literally. It might be a good idea to try some other Eb part than the "right" one.
Mid Eb instruments	Alto clarinet Alto saxophone Horn in Eb (Tenor horn) Bass trumpet Alto trombone
Low Eb instruments	Contralto clarinet Baritone saxophone Eb tuba
F instruments	English horn Horn in F (french horn)

Missing midis?

Woops!
Seems some of the Music Workshop files are listed as having midi files while they in fact haven't.
Sorry about that. I guess I'll have to go through all the pieces and either add midi files or remove the midi links. Might take a while, though. We're talking more than 2000 files here, and after the midi files are an extra bonus, not the main issue here at Musica Viva.

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