You're right, PKY, there is definitely too much going on right now. Per the thread above, we're now looking at a deadline sometime in February. We want to make sure that Robyn can participate since this project was her idea and she'll be away through the end of January.

Hope you're planning to participate, too!

Hi Annon!

We sort of put this on the back burner while folks were working on the Christmas project. Plus, it was Robyn's idea and she will be away through the end of January, so the deadline will probably be in mid-February.

Nonetheless, I'm glad that you posted here to keep the topic fresh so folks can start working on it. I was just thinking today that sometime soon maybe I would repost the sheet music and click track so people don't have to go digging for it.

I created the click track, but wasn't sure if people would think that it's too fast or too slow. Try it out and let us know what you think.

Just to clarify...there are two parts to this piece: the melody and the descant. The sheet music to each is posted above.

So, like with the other group projects, you can pick which part you want to do. Or you can do both. I'll edit everything together.

The click track includes both the melody and descant so you can hear how they work together. And, when you play along, you'll hear it, as well.

Hope that helps!

steveratz said
Thank you for the frequent reminders. I'm relatively new to the Forum and just noticed your Ash Grove project, and will try to join in. I wasn't familiar with what "sprend" was, but Google tells me it's a way to send a file. I presume I use the Clicktrack to give the proper timing when I record the tune, so everybody's submission will be the correct timing. I've printed out the music, so am all set now to learn the song. Thanks! (I will have to find something that I can use to record my playing and that I can then upload to the computer. Any suggestions on what folks use?)

Steve in Oregon

Hi Steve! Glad you're on board. This "mini" project is modeled on Fiddlerman's group projects, so it's going to work more or less the same. Just pick which part you want to do: the melody or the descant (you can do both, if you want, and send two videos), then record yourself playing along with the click track in ear (ear buds or headphone) not out loud.

You're right...the purpose of the click track is to make sure that we're all playing at the same tempo.

Regarding shooting the video, there's more than one way to skin a cat, as they say. I personally usually use a digital video camera, but, as Terry said, a digital camera in video mode works fine, too. You can also use a webcam or a smart phone.

I'm going to do the editing and can work with most standard video file formats (.avi, .wmv, .mov, .mpeg4). Just don't send the native format of whatever video editing software you might have; I might not be able to open it with my software. Instead, please export it to one of the aforementioned standard formats.

-- Diane

Good catch on that click track problem, Steve! I wondered if anyone would notice. I put it together in Audacity by editing together an mp3 file of the midi that I exported from MuseScore and an mp3 file of the click that I generated on a metronome site. I specified the same BPM for both so they should be the same.

I could hear that the midi starts to lag behind the click halfway through but for the life of me I couldn't get it to perfectly align in Audacity. It's probably only off by a microsecond at the start but the gap widens as time goes on.

I might play around with it to see if I can fix that problem, and if I can, I'll post a corrected click track.

Since it's only off by a tiny bit, if I can't fix it, I hope it doesn't throw folks off too much.