Disklavier

Hi Group!

Does anyone know a good source for piano accompaniments?

I own a Disklavier, but am a sax player.  In all of the downloads I have 
seen, the piano plays the melody.  I would like to get recordings where 
the piano plays the accompaniment (rhythm), and I can play the lead on 
the horn.

Appreciate your help!

-Ken

Oh, excellent question! As a flutist (never flautist) that is exactly
why I bought my Disklavier. There is a market, apparently, for those
of us who wish to play along on other instruments with our piano.
Authors and Yamaha please step up.....

Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 12/20/02 10:58:50 PM, scottha@... writes:

<< Oh, excellent question! As a flutist (never flautist) that is exactly
why I bought my Disklavier. There is a market, apparently, for those
of us who wish to play along on other instruments with our piano.
Authors and Yamaha please step up..... >>

Try this:

Go to www.google.com and search for this text string:

flute + accompaniment + MIDI

You will get many hits. I cannot testify to the quality, but there is a lot 
from which to choose.

Some years ago, flutist James Walker supervised the creation of at least 3 
disks of flute accompaniments for Disklavier. I could not find them on 
YamahaMusicSoft.com but will make an inquiry.

Also, some years ago, Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. 
(http://www.ny.boosey.com/) published a nice book/MIDI disk combination 
called "Amazing Flute Solos." You could try calling Boosey at (212) 979-1090.

Regards,
PianoBench

Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 12/20/02 10:09:10 PM, Ken writes:

<< I own a Disklavier, but am a sax player.  In all of the downloads I have 
seen, the piano plays the melody.  I would like to get recordings where 
the piano plays the accompaniment (rhythm), and I can play the lead on 
the horn. >>

Try going to www.google.com and searching for:

sax + MIDI + accompaniment

Also, if you are mostly interested in pop, jazz, and other contemporary 
genres, you might want to give Band-in-a-Box a try from PG Music 
(www.pgmusic.com). This wildly popular program for Mac and Windows will 
quickly create accompaniment files for you (piano, bass, and drums, at the 
very least). All you have to do is to enter the chord changes for the piece, 
choose a style and tempo, and (if you wish), define a soloist, and the 
program will magically do the rest. The options are amazingly extensive.

As I understand the story, the original author, Peter Gannon, was an arranger 
who created the program to make his own life easier.

Regards,
PianoBench

Thank you!

That is the type of terrific advice that makes this group a great one!

And do you notice that Disklavier owners are not whiners and 
complainers, but upbeat people?  Must be something to that.

-Ken

On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 12:37 PM, PianoBench@... wrote:

> Good afternoon, everyone.
>
> In a message dated 12/20/02 10:09:10 PM, Ken writes:
>
> << I own a Disklavier, but am a sax player.  In all of the downloads I 
> have
> seen, the piano plays the melody.  I would like to get recordings where
> the piano plays the accompaniment (rhythm), and I can play the lead on
> the horn. >>
>
> Try going to www.google.com and searching for:
>
> sax + MIDI + accompaniment
>
> Also, if you are mostly interested in pop, jazz, and other contemporary
> genres, you might want to give Band-in-a-Box a try from PG Music
> (www.pgmusic.com). This wildly popular program for Mac and Windows will
> quickly create accompaniment files for you (piano, bass, and drums, at 
> the
> very least). All you have to do is to enter the chord changes for the 
> piece,
> choose a style and tempo, and (if you wish), define a soloist, and the
> program will magically do the rest. The options are amazingly extensive.
>
> As I understand the story, the original author, Peter Gannon, was an 
> arranger
> who created the program to make his own life easier.
>
> Regards,
> PianoBench
>
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Good afternoon, everyone.

I have just one more follow-up to this question:

<< << Oh, excellent question! As a flutist (never flautist) that is exactly
why I bought my Disklavier. There is a market, apparently, for those
of us who wish to play along on other instruments with our piano.
Authors and Yamaha please step up..... >> >>

After some checking, I found out that Yamaha did publish 6 volumes of flute 
accompaniments which are now out of print. However, these titles have been 
transfered to YamahaMusicSoft.com and should either be available for sale 
there now or in the near future.

Regards,
PianoBench

Well gee - I'm really greatful for all your responses! I ordered and now 
have the "How to Play Piano Despite Years..." book, and indeed, it is a 
worthwhile addition! Thank you Carol!

Accompaniment is not just for flutes. All solo instruments (I guess thats 
ALL instruments isn't it? - including sleigh bells and sand blocks in Leroy 
Anderson's pieces) are enhanced by all the rest. From sax to flute, we all 
need backup. In my particular case, I was hoping to find help with my 
attempt to keep up with James Galway's and Phil Coulter's Winter's 
Crossing. Our friend Doug Miller is undertaking a "play-in" of the score of 
that music so that I can try to develop with it.

We all ("non-pianists" - god how I wish I could have been inspired to study 
it when I was young - now life is so short) need encouragement and 
inspiration to keep our interest in the difficult expression of beautiful 
music.

I've discovered some computer software in the past few days called 
PhotoScore (http://www.neuratron.com/) which purports to allow some flatbed 
scanners to acquire the printed score and convert to MIDI sequences which 
could then be uploaded into the Disklavier via floppy disk. Additionally, 
software like Steinberg's Cubase 
(http://www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/music_production/cubase_sl_mac/ind
ex.php?sid=0) allows us to modify the MIDI files to assure that piano parts 
are within the Disklavier's scope of understanding (we used Cubase today to 
trsnslate the piano parts from MIDI channels that were not recognized by 
the Disklavier on a www.classicalarchives.com piece of Brahms Piano 
Concerto No. 1 to those MIDI channels (1 & 2) that were! So, what us 
accompaniment needing folks can do is to acquire the piano portion through 
scanning and conversion via PhotoScore, modify it as necessary with Cubase, 
and use our Disklaviers for a most useful purpose. I have enough trouble 
carving out time to practice the flute, let alone learing the piano late in 
life. This seems to be somewhat of a solution barring folks who can provide 
quality accompaniment in bulk.

Now, if I could yell "STOP" and retry from numer 4, we'd really have it. 
Yes?

Regards...

 Scott

Hi

Whilst searching the net for the lastest Winrar I came across this 
site. It may help !!!!!!

http://www.hands-on-midi.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?
Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=001&Category_Code=AAHZAA

The main site is www.hands-on-midi.com
then click on "downloads" then " For free Digital Sheet music"
 then "Prelude"

You may well find some thing there.

Happy new Year

Midi Magic







--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Scott Hamilton <scottha@p...> 
wrote:
> Well gee - I'm really greatful for all your responses! I ordered 
and now 
> have the "How to Play Piano Despite Years..." book, and indeed, it 
is a 
> worthwhile addition! Thank you Carol!
> 
> Accompaniment is not just for flutes. All solo instruments (I guess 
thats 
> ALL instruments isn't it? - including sleigh bells and sand blocks 
in Leroy 
> Anderson's pieces) are enhanced by all the rest. From sax to flute, 
we all 
> need backup. In my particular case, I was hoping to find help with 
my 
> attempt to keep up with James Galway's and Phil Coulter's Winter's 
> Crossing. Our friend Doug Miller is undertaking a "play-in" of the 
score of 
> that music so that I can try to develop with it.
> 
> We all ("non-pianists" - god how I wish I could have been inspired 
to study 
> it when I was young - now life is so short) need encouragement and 
> inspiration to keep our interest in the difficult expression of 
beautiful 
> music.
> 
> I've discovered some computer software in the past few days called 
> PhotoScore (http://www.neuratron.com/) which purports to allow some 
flatbed 
> scanners to acquire the printed score and convert to MIDI sequences 
which 
> could then be uploaded into the Disklavier via floppy disk. 
Additionally, 
> software like Steinberg's Cubase 
> 
(http://www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/music_production/cubase_sl_ma
c/ind
> ex.php?sid=0) allows us to modify the MIDI files to assure that 
piano parts 
> are within the Disklavier's scope of understanding (we used Cubase 
today to 
> trsnslate the piano parts from MIDI channels that were not 
recognized by 
> the Disklavier on a www.classicalarchives.com piece of Brahms Piano 
> Concerto No. 1 to those MIDI channels (1 & 2) that were! So, what 
us 
> accompaniment needing folks can do is to acquire the piano portion 
through 
> scanning and conversion via PhotoScore, modify it as necessary with 
Cubase, 
> and use our Disklaviers for a most useful purpose. I have enough 
trouble 
> carving out time to practice the flute, let alone learing the piano 
late in 
> life. This seems to be somewhat of a solution barring folks who can 
provide 
> quality accompaniment in bulk.
> 
> Now, if I could yell "STOP" and retry from numer 4, we'd really 
have it. 

> Yes?
> 
> Regards...
> 
>  Scott

Scottand All,

Another excellent piece of software for scanning in sheet music is 
SmartScore from Musitek: http://www.musitek.com/. I have worked with 
 both SmartScore and Photoscore, and I prefer the former for its greater 
accuracy (98% or better) and the fact that files prepared in SmartScore 
and saved in the .fin format can be imported into Finale and further 
perfected in terms of their midi playback.  SmartScore does allow you to 
place the piano parts on any midi channel of your choice so placing the 
piano tracks on the appropriate channels for playback on the disklavier 
is no problem.  Smart Score also affords full playback of midi files 
within the program itself and correctly handles dynamic markings, tempo 
markings, and many other musical expressions. Incidentally, I strongly 
agree with all of the positive comments made about PG Music's 
Band-in-a-Box software. While originally beginning life several years 
ago as auto accompaniment software, PG Music has steadily upgraded this 
program (through 12 versions over as many years!) to the point where I 
regard it as indispensable software for anyone interested in music 
education, the preparation of accompaniments, ear training,  and just 
plain having fun with music.

Tom

Scott Hamilton wrote:

>Well gee - I'm really greatful for all your responses! I ordered and now 
>have the "How to Play Piano Despite Years..." book, and indeed, it is a 
>worthwhile addition! Thank you Carol!
>
>Accompaniment is not just for flutes. All solo instruments (I guess thats 
>ALL instruments isn't it? - including sleigh bells and sand blocks in Leroy 
>Anderson's pieces) are enhanced by all the rest. From sax to flute, we all 
>need backup. In my particular case, I was hoping to find help with my 
>attempt to keep up with James Galway's and Phil Coulter's Winter's 
>Crossing. Our friend Doug Miller is undertaking a "play-in" of the score of 
>that music so that I can try to develop with it.
>
>We all ("non-pianists" - god how I wish I could have been inspired to study 
>it when I was young - now life is so short) need encouragement and 
>inspiration to keep our interest in the difficult expression of beautiful 
>music.
>
>I've discovered some computer software in the past few days called 
>PhotoScore (http://www.neuratron.com/) which purports to allow some flatbed 
>scanners to acquire the printed score and convert to MIDI sequences which 
>could then be uploaded into the Disklavier via floppy disk. Additionally, 
>software like Steinberg's Cubase 
>(http://www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/music_production/cubase_sl_mac/ind
>ex.php?sid=0) allows us to modify the MIDI files to assure that piano parts 
>are within the Disklavier's scope of understanding (we used Cubase today to 
>trsnslate the piano parts from MIDI channels that were not recognized by 
>the Disklavier on a www.classicalarchives.com piece of Brahms Piano 
>Concerto No. 1 to those MIDI channels (1 & 2) that were! So, what us 
>accompaniment needing folks can do is to acquire the piano portion through 
>scanning and conversion via PhotoScore, modify it as necessary with Cubase, 
>and use our Disklaviers for a most useful purpose. I have enough trouble 
>carving out time to practice the flute, let alone learing the piano late in 
>life. This seems to be somewhat of a solution barring folks who can provide 
>quality accompaniment in bulk.
>
>Now, if I could yell "STOP" and retry from numer 4, we'd really have it. 
>Yes?
>
>Regards...
>
> Scott
>
>To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...
>
>To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to:
>disklavier-owner@...
>
>To reach our group's web site go to:
>http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier
>
>Todd's family web site was completely rewritten in June 2001 and most recently updated 12/30/02.  It contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among other things, The url is:
>http://MuncyFamily.com 
>
>THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
>If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead.  That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group.  If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to:
>disklavier-unsubscribe@... 
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