Ok getting somewhere here. This is looking a lot different than that prior version PDF already! I decided to write out all ornaments as grace notes. This is not all together completely different than how it feels to practice five note rolls and then put them into LotM. But this is a 7 note roll and it’s in a spicy scale that gives it an exotic feel. In lieu of key signature I’m going to use all accidentals to express the scale. This piece is an original from my first band, E Muzeki where for the first couple years I played bass and guitar. Violin came later. Dunno if I ever told you but we got started out late Highschool playing only Greek music at Greek restaurants. (This is suddenly making my stomach rumble.) Anyway, we used a lot of scales and harmonies from Greek music and this is one. Western music would call it a double harmonic major, but it gets confusing and makes the key signature look really weird. The tonal center is A and the notes if you wanna try are: A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G#, A I mean seriously, what key signature would you call that? That’s honestly been one of the road blocks to getting my music catalogue done is I’m not sure what to do. Tbh I asked ChatGPT and it suggested the no key signature just accidentals solution and I love it! This will allow me to write the tune closer to how I think of playing it, and that should help you play it more easily too. More soon, Jenny

Are you working on any costumes or tunes for Halloween? 🎃🎻 Spoiler alert: This post is about one of the tunes I'm practicing for a spooky-season video, if I can pull off the medley I'm imagining! After deciding to make an attempt to transcribe it this evening, I realized just writing the name on the top of the empty page might actually be the hardest part. From there it starts to become a fun puzzle and it's easier to pick it up again here and there to add a little more. But tbh that was about 30 minutes ago and the page still looks exactly the same lol. I pondered the key and key signature for about 10 minutes, and since then have been staring into the middle space wondering whether to make a code for the ornaments at the end like I did for LOTM vs pencil in each any every grace note all throughout the sheet. I thought maybe it would help to listen to the recording instead of just sitting here playing mental violin, so I typed the tune name into my file finder search bar to find the mp3 and low and behold found... A PDF!?? I have absolutely no recollection of commissioning this. But I do know that, off and on over the years, I've tried hiring professional musicians to help get the catalog of tunes from my old bands down on paper. This must have been one of those drafts abandoned mid project. People always tell me, "Just hire someone on Fiverr to do it for you." Lemme tell you, I've learned it's not quite that easy to get done, and get done right. It's interesting that even back then, this was one of the first tunes I wanted someone to tackle. If you take a look at the score, I think you'll see what I mean. It may all be technically correct, but it's not especially easy to follow, and tune itself is much more straightforward. I've attached the MP3 too, in case you'd like to give it a listen. It's a bit Halloween-ish, right? 🖤 Wish me luck over here! I'll keep you posted, and it might be fun to compare the before-and-after scores if I can get it over the finish line this time.

I went down a Halloween music YouTube rabbit hole that brought me here. Wow. Check out her bow control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGU-L9lGJ0&list=RDeFGU-L9lGJ0&start_radio=1

Ok! I am working on making my own backing tracks for music. Both wedding and everything else. And right now with wedding season quickly approaching, I have a oroject I am working on. I have a friend who records the piano tracks for me and then I play along and once it is finished and I am happy. Then it will be uploaded into my software. I add the effects and such to polish it, and then I simply press play, and then add my beloved Liam into the mix live. Here is a sneak peek, of a *VERY* raw arrangement of Canon in D, with my Octave violin, Nikola.

Two words: Better sound! I’ll let you know how this goes. Hope you have a musical weekend! 🎻 Jenny