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Thank you. It probably has been said but to be honest so much has been said that I struggle to apply all the lessons every time. For example a lot was being made earlier about making the layout as simple and easy to read as possible. Not arguing with you as I don't know what I'm doing yet, but the version you posted looks way messier to my eyes. It's hard to know which rules arew firm and which are just guidlines. Either way I'm genuinely grateful for the help.

Mistakes.pdf

I used the 'swing' and then 'straight' commands on mine and it did the job. Very glad to have found out about this as the one I'm transcribing today does not work straight but does swung!

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Actually it does! Thank you for this I am working on today's transcription right now but when I'm done I'll study what you've sent

In my defence I have never confused Norman Watt-Roy with Norman Wisdom.

Today I discovered that people who were talking about Jaco Pastorious as if he were still alive were not in fact mad. I have been conflating Pino Palladino with Jaco Pastorious. Turns out they are actually two different people!

Currently working on Night Boat To Cairo. Everything super straight forward walking bass rhythm - but oh my the key!! First few bars had a D♭ and a B♭ (or C# A#) The next part introduced an E♭ and an A♭ and now we have a G♭. Unless it's changed key and we have D#, F# and G# which is possible because we start outlining a chord of F where previously we have outlined F minor whenever it has cropped up. Man this makes my head spin. EDIT: and the tempo changes three times, and now it's started to slow down. So mu Italian is coming along "Ritardando" indeed.

It_Must_Be_Love 2.pdf

Sorry! I was tired and frustrated with it. But I dug deep and found how to do it. The add triplet function on musescore is weird! I used system text to add swing to the intro changing to straight when appropriate. Perfect! Thank you so much, another mystery solved.

This has beaten me. I understand all the terminology but no amount of trying to stick to what you suggest here has produced anything even close to what's being played. It's completely beaten me I'm afraid so until I grasp whatever it is I'm missing I'll stick with my attempt as it at least sounds correct when played.

This part I had grasped and had in fact corrected many bars once I grasped the power of the staccato dot. I just missed 52, 54 and a few others. I still appreciate the point being emphasised. Thank you.

9 and 10 have given me the biggest headache. This must be my fifth different attempt and certainly the only way I could get it to sound like the song. I'm out dog walking now, but I'll have a fiddle when I'm back home.

No I don't mean for the bass I mean a bluetooth receiver for the track I'm playing along with. The bass must plug straight into the unit via 1/4" jack.

All I can say is I have paired the audio generated from my score with the original track and it fits seamlessly. I allowed a small moment of smug when this happened. Then got down to improving the layout!

Yes yes! That's what I've been trying to do in line with earlier suggestions, but missed that bar, thank you!

I saw that but had no idea how I did it nor how to undo it

This was what I came up with (best guess)

This was my thought as well but I lacked the confidence to say it!

@itu I understand what you have done with bar 43, thank you for that. Studying the rest now

Not a downside for me! Thanks so much for this heads up. I can spend the lockdown sussing it out and be ready to record the first rehearsal when things return to normal.

Thanks @Muppetfood for thought. I can only think of one other feature that could make the perfect portable practice headphone amp. A built-in Bluetooth receiver to eliminate the cable from your phone.

I have been through numerous headphones and and headphone amps but all at the lower end, price wise. I have ended up just using a Zoom B1on. Tuner, battery powered, light but sturdy. However it isn't walk around the house naked portable. I'd like to find an option like the amplug which didn't disintegrate the first time it suffers a mild trauma, and which didn't hiss like a pressure cooker. I don't use effects when I work with headphones on which may be why I don't find the Zoom noisy as others do. Ideally I would like something that slipped into the wireless transmitter pouch on my strap but it's not a huge deal for me to set up the Zoom for silent practice.

Affordable copy of TL's book not to be had anywhere at the moment. I shall look out for it.