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Learn how to create professional looking scores with film and tv composer Fraser Myers

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In this course you’ll learn how to create professional looking scores for yourself and/or your students, making composing and arranging much more organised. This course has been designed to target piano notation in particular, so everything is relevant for your teaching studio. Film and TV music composer, Fraser Myers, takes you through the entire process, step by step.

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A comprehensive learning path of 13 lessons

Introducing Myself and the Course
Lesson 1: Quick Summary of Notation Software
Lesson 2: Downloading and Installing MuseScore
Lesson 3: Creating a New Piano Score
Lesson 4: Understanding the Interface
Lesson 5: Note Input Using the Mouse
Lesson 6: Note Input Using a MIDI Keyboard
Lesson 7: Speeding Up Your Workflow
Lesson 8: Entering Chords and Chord Symbols
Lesson 9: Articulations and Dynamics
Lesson 10: Adding Barlines/Bars/Repeats
Lesson 11: Formatting
Lesson 12: Exporting and Printing

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Fraser Myers

Film and TV Music Composer and Data Scientist

Fraser has played piano and guitar from the age of 6, coming from a family of musicians. After graduating from school, Fraser built his own music production studio, equipped for scoring live and virtual film scores. Fraser is privately mentored by professional Australian film composer, Amy Bastow. Amy hand-picked Fraser to work along side her in her studio, and to help fine tune his orchestration, composition and production skills for the work in the media industry.

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