July 25ths
The black-out lyric of the day: Finally splurged and got the Finale music notation program, which is supposed to be state of the art. I am cutting my teeth on two piano fantasias by PL. Also re-copying the string quartet I did when I was in college, in hopes that a cello player friend of mine will take an interest. Anything beats copying music by hand. (In most cases.) [7/25/2025: Alas, Finale is now defunct, superseded by Dorico]. 7/25/2015 Park Piano, Washington Square Park, Bughouse Square [with field audio ] [7/25/2026: Alas, they no longer have the debates. Telling of our current age]. 7/25/2016 Jazz sounds like an art, but it’s really more like a science. The problem now is that it can sometimes sound too much like a science. I’d make the same comment about visual art, even though I love using procedures borrowed from science. 7/25...
