Phonetic transcription (Part 1) Both Italian and English have vocals and consonants, namely: Vocals are the same, with English sporting five more consonants (J, K, W, X, Y) than Italian. That’s 5 vocals each, 16 consonants in Italian and 21 in English, total 21 letters in Italian and 26 in English. Serbian beats them both,Continue reading “An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 6”
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How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 7
Welcome back! Today we continue our journey through the notational conventions that allow you to properly engrave an opera, specifically focused on doing this in Sibelius.
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 5
Before delving deep into the next chapter, I would like to share my recent first-hand experience with the differences between _ekavski_ and _ijekavski._
How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 6
Last week, we completed all that is needed to know about setting up your opera score’s staves. Today, we delve deep into instrument-specific conventions that may be unique to opera, but may also apply to other big symphonic contexts. Let’s get started.
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 4
Introduction chapter — Practice time Welcome back! Every time we complete a chapter, we will go through some of the most relevant exercises found in the book, analysing with special care the mistakes I made and what the thought process should have been in that case. Audio exercises In these exercises, one needs to listenContinue reading “An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 4”
