Marc Sabatella
As a professional musician and teacher with a background in computer science, I am known as one of the pioneers of online music education. From the launch of my groundbreaking Jazz Improvisation Primer at the dawn of the World Wide Web, to my continuing experience as a music professor at major universities, to my work with MuseScore and the creation of Mastering MuseScore, I have dedicated my life to helping as many musicians as I can. Now, I look forward to sharing what I know with you, too!
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Presenting
Hello! First, I'd like to apologize if you had trouble accessing the community site yesterday - there was a brief outage across all of Circle (where the community is hosted). All should be well now.
Mastering MuseScore
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5 days ago • 2 min read
And we're off!
Hello! The Basic Music Theory spring cohort is now underway, so if you already enrolled, click here to access the course. I'm closing the door for further enrollments at the end of the day today. If you've been considering joining us, this is your last chance - click here to enroll now.
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12 days ago • 2 min read
New cohort launching Thursday!
Hello! This week I'll be formally announcing the launch of a new cohort-based version of my Basic Music Theory course. I still have some i's to dot and t's to cross before I can share all the details and open the doors, but I can tell you a little more about what to expect:
enrollment will...
19 days ago • 3 min read
More "coming soon"...
Hello! A little bird tells me a new update 4.0.2 is coming soon, so keep your eye out for that! It should fix most remaining critical issues in MuseScore 4, and make some further improvements to engraving. Meanwhile, there are still some features from MuseScore 3 that are missing, and work is...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Color
Hello! If you've already enrolled in the Mastering MuseScore 4 course but haven't really started exploring yet, what are you waiting for? Or if you started and then got side tracked, now is a great time to return to it. I keep adding lessons every week, so there is always new material to check...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
My Funny Valentine
Hello! Musicians love to tell jokes poking fun at their profession, so here's one honoring the day:
Q: How many singers does it take to sing "My Funny Valentine"?A: All of them, apparently.
As with many of these jokes, it can be told a bunch of different ways (e.g., how many trumpeters does it...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Projects for February
Hello! As I write this, I'm on a flight back from Brussels. I had a great time attending the FOSDEM conference and meeting up with other MuseScore developers, designers, and users. I got to share some of the feedback I've been hearing about MuseScore 4, discuss strategies, and get some insights...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The early bird better hurry!
Hello! This weekend I'll be in Brussels for the FOSDEM open source software conference. I'm looking forward to meeting up with the MuseScore team and community there. The event is free, and If any of you are in the area, feel free to drop by!
As most of you know, my new online course Mastering...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Focus on accessibility
Hello! I am continuing my efforts to streamline the organization of Mastering MuseScore, and below you may notice the format of this newsletter is tweaked a bit to better reflect the structure of the community. As always, I welcome your feedback!
You may also notice that this week there is a...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Projects
Hello! In case you haven't heard, MuseScore 4.0.1 is released, with fixes to the most critical of the bugs reported thus far. For more information, see the announcement I posted to the community site. For those of you enrolled in Mastering MuseScore 4, I have posted a small project to work on...
2 months ago • 1 min read