I've recently discovered the Mutopia Project, which is about producing Free (mostly Creative Commons) sheet music, mostly typeset using the LilyPond software, which I've also only just discovered.
One of my favourites is the 16th Fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Piano) by Bach. One of the first sounds I ever heard coming out of a computer was this, played by a program called Maestro using a fairly hideously synthesised sound effect on an Acorn A3000 in about 1990.
There is also the Passacaglia, which the attentive reader of this site will recognise. Not that there are any.
It almost makes me want to take up music again (playing it, that is). But on my own terms, rather than following a strict grading scheme. It's the difference between doing something because you want to, and doing it because your teacher told you to.
One of my favourites is the 16th Fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Piano) by Bach. One of the first sounds I ever heard coming out of a computer was this, played by a program called Maestro using a fairly hideously synthesised sound effect on an Acorn A3000 in about 1990.
There is also the Passacaglia, which the attentive reader of this site will recognise. Not that there are any.
It almost makes me want to take up music again (playing it, that is). But on my own terms, rather than following a strict grading scheme. It's the difference between doing something because you want to, and doing it because your teacher told you to.
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