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Preface

Welcome to the MIDI site for 2reed.net! This site contains MIDI (or MP3) files for intonation, scale and arpeggio practice (practice disks); accompaniments for double reed solo literature; and accompaniments for double reed orchestral excerpts. Some of the files are also contained on the IDRS MIDI site, but many files contained on the old IDRS MIDI site have since been deleted. This is the only site that contains all of the prior MIDI files in addition to new additions.

Three videos present digital accompaniments: their production, transformations, and uses. Please view these for important details.

All of the files created by Terry Ewell in the 1990s were prepared on a Yamaha Clavinova (CVP-92). I want to thank Kleeb's Music and the Yamaha Corporation for the loan of the Clavinova. Recent files by Ewell were created on a Yamaha Clavinava (CLP 685).

Old Labeling system (when file names were restricted). Each accompaniment file name for solo literature and orchestra excerpts includes the first letter(s) of the composer's surname, the number of the piece or movement or section, and in most cases the tempo. See each index for a complete description. Those using the MIDI files with a Clavinova should have the option of turning on the metronome. Since these are practice accompaniments, few tempo deviations are made.

Some bassoon accompaniments by Terry Ewell contain MIDI files recorded during lessons with students. In some cases he was sight reading the music, so please forgive the wrong notes and occasional skeletal accompaniments.

Digital Accompaniments 1: video presenting ways to change tempos of audio and MIDI files.
Digital Accompaniments 2: video presenting an overview of MIDI files and ways to convert MIDI files to MP3.
Digital Accompaniments 3: video presenting rehearsing and recording with digital accompaniments.

MIDI files can be played on a computer with VLC Media Player (PC and Mac), Windows Media Player (PC), and QuickTime (Mac).

Ideas for Using Droning Pitches in the Practice Files

In an earlier article, 'BassoonLessons with Arnold Schwarzenegger...' (page 102) Terry Ewell noted that playing passages of music over a droning pitch is a great aid to improving intonation. While electronic tuners (such as a KORG) have their place, tuning to another pitch better simulates true performance conditions. Electronic tuners make use of the eye not the ear for pitch adjustments. Students may become quite adept at visual tuning yet all the while neglecting to tune with their ears. Tuning to a droning pitch, however, helps student develop the aural skills they need to play in tune with other musicians.

A second article, 'Keyboard Technology in the Double Reed Studio,' The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 57-61 contains further details on using MIDI files. You can view this as a PDF file here.

Ideas for Using Drones

MIDI Drones | MP3 Drones.

Making Use of the Orchestral Excerpt Accompaniments

The mastery of a difficult orchestral passage is dependent not only upon technical mastery, but also upon an understanding of how the solo part fits with the accompaniment. The MIDI files for orchestral accompaniments for select excerpts are included here to further the student's understanding of each passage and to provide the student with the feel of performing the excerpt with an orchestra. In many instances I have reduced the orchestral accompaniments to just 4 or 5 principal lines (tracks). Consequently many doublings are omitted.

I strongly encourage students and teachers to refer to the orchestral score when practicing the excerpt with the MIDI accompaniment. This will greatly clarify how the solo line should be played with the MIDI accompaniment.

How do I play a MIDI file?

You have several ways to play the MIDI files depending upon your computer, software, and access to a Clavinova. From a computer equipped with multimedia (software, sound card, and speakers) you can choose to download the MIDI file to your computer. MIDI files can be played on a computer with VLC Media Player (PC and Mac), Windows Media Player (PC), and QuickTime (Mac).

Can I change the tempo of the accompaniments?

Please view the three videos on digital accompaniments: their production, transformations, and uses.

How can I get a more realistic tone out of the accompaniments?

The quality of your sound system and computer software determines the realism of the accompaniments. The best sound may be obtained by playing the files in MuseScore, Finale, or Sibelius. Upgrades to your computer sound system, sound card, or software; or playing the MIDI files on a Clavinova or similar instrument will greatly improve the sound. Please understand that the General MIDI instruments are only a meager facsimile of genuine orchestral instruments, therefore these files will never sound as good as an orchestral recording or performance.

One of the most popular features of the CVP Clavinova is the ability to display a music score in the large LCD screen contained in the center of the CVP panel. Technically, what you see in the screen of the Clavinova is not “sheet music” – it is a momentary display of MIDI information in score notation format. So how do you capture and convert this information into a score of your composition? Learn the easy tips and techniques here.

Whenever I show this feature to Clavinova owners, they always ask two very pointed questions. The first is, “Will the Clavinova also display notes that I play on the piano keyboard?” (The answer is “Yes!”) They quickly follow with “Can you print that out?” (Which is also “Yes!”)

However, both affirmative responses need a little further explanation. Since MIDI is a recording not of audio, but instead of notes played in a certain order and with certain durations, it’s easy for a device to convert MIDI note data to a score. So, yes, the CVP will generate a score from the notes played on the keyboard when you’re recording that piece as a MIDI file. However, the timing will not make any sense unless you record that MIDI file using the Clavinova’s built-in metronome. If you don’t play in time with the metronome during recording, the Clavinova has no way to interpret the timing of the notes to match the bar lines of the music.

Also, be aware that after you record the MIDI piece with a metronome, all the notes will be crowded together on the top stave of the displayed score. This is because when you record a MIDI file in the Clavinova under default conditions, the Clavinova records all notes (both hands) to MIDI channel 1, which is normally assigned to the top stave and assumed to normally be just for the right hand. Since nothing was recorded to channel 2, there are no notes on the bottom stave, which is normally assumed to be the left hand:

To give the Clavinova “permission” to use the entire grand staff to display your performance (not just the top stave), select the “gear” in the bottom right of the score display, and change both right and left hands from AUTO to channel 1:

Immediately, the Clavinova will spread all the notes out using the entire grand staff for MIDI channel 1. It’s important to note that Middle “C” is the cutoff point between treble and bass clef, and therefore, between right and left hands:

Regarding printing the score, “Yes,” you can print the score if you save the MIDI file you recorded to a USB flash memory drive, and then open that MIDI file in any computer that has a music notation program installed. All music notation programs will open a MIDI file in the “FILE” area and display the notes as score notation, just like the Clavinova. Just be aware that the score might look different than what you see in the Clavinova screen because each music notation program interprets the timing of notes with different sensitivities. You can change the sensitivities of the display by changing what is referred to as quantization.

Quantization will correct the timing errors in your performance. For example, if you don’t play 8th notes evenly, you can quantize the piece for 8th notes, and those notes will appear as though you played them with perfect timing! Here’s an example with 16th notes non-quantized, and then the same file with 8th note quantizing:

Note that the Clavinova quantize feature does NOT change what you hear when playing back the file. In other words, the above example would sound the same either way. That’s because the Clavinova doesn’t actually move the notes in the MIDI file. It does, however, change the way your performance is displayed in the screen. You could argue that it is the best of both worlds: a quantized, clean display of notes, combined with non-quantized expression of playback for a natural sounding performance.

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The score function in the Clavinova is a great way to have a “reminder score” if you want to perform without sheet music. When a score is displayed in the CVP, you can swipe your finger to the right or left to turn pages. As a bonus, rather than using your finger to turn pages, you can assign the CENTER pedal to advance pages, making page turns more seamless — like using a Bluetooth page-turning pedal:

It’s a lot of fun to make up a song and then see what the music looks like as a score. By using these two hints — recording to the Clavinova metronome, and then assigning right and left hands to channel 1 after recording — your score will look great in the CVP display.

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