METT Episode 44 – Rehearsal Tech

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Dr. Peter Perry joins the show to talk about the software and hardware we use in rehearsals, his book Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors, and our recent favorite music, apps, and tech tips.

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Music of the Week

Robby – Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton – The New Tango

Peter – Tony Benett and Lady Gaga – Love for Sale)

App of the Week:

Robby – Craft

Peter – Izotope RX9

Where to Find Us:

Robby – Twitter | Blog | Book

Peter – Twitter | Website

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Guest Post on Scoring Notes: Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS

I wrote a post for the Scoring Notes blog, published today. The post is all about using the Shortcuts app on iOS (and now the Mac) to create custom templates in music notation software.

I did my best to provide basic context for the Shortcuts app so that this post can be accessible by any teacher, musician, or composer. The post includes a link to download both the shortcut and an example score template so you can tweak it to your heart’s content. Here is an excerpt:

Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS — Robby Burns | Scoring Notes:

Even though apps like Sibelius, Finale, and Dorico don’t come with their own built-in Shortcuts actions, the addition of several new file-based actions from the Automator makes creating templates possible.

The shortcut below is three simple steps. I searched for each action in the right sidebar and dragged them in the order I wanted them to occur. Here’s what each step does:

Looks for a score I made in Dorico that is set up in 4/4, in concert B♭ major, and with all of the instruments common to a middle school bands.

Saves a copy of that file to the Desktop.

Opens it in Dorico.

Click here to keep reading on Scoring Notes.

#43 – iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with Paul Shimmons

Paul Shimmons returns to the show to talk about the features in Apple’s new operating system updates, and how we plan to use them.

Patreon subscribers get a bootleg version of the recording, without the ads, and including bonus conversation about notation apps on iPad.

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Show Notes:

App of the Week

Paul – Ultimate Drill Book

Robby – Sofa

Music of the Week

Paul – Powerhouse – White Heart

Robby – Cory Henry – Best of Me

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Paul – Twitter | Website

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Guest Appearance: Passing the Baton

I am happy to join Theresa Hoover and Kathryn Finch, authors of the Passing the Baton book, on their YouTube interview series this week.

This week’s interview features Robby Burns, a middle school band and general music teacher in Howard County, Maryland. Robby talks about how he incorporates creativity and music composition in his middle school band classes.

Episode 14: Creativity Through Music Composition (Part 2 of 3)

If you are into this, you should definitely check out the most recent episode of my podcast featuring Theresa, herself.

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Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby – CleanShot
Joe – Tips

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby – Make your own custom keyboard shortcuts
Joe – Hold the spacebar on iPhone to get a cursor

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I’ve already been getting texts from colleagues asking about yesterday’s iPhone event so I thought I would put some thoughts down here.

I get why this event has everyone’s curiosity levels at 100 every year. Everyone needs a phone. And they want to know which one will be their next. The truth is, iPhones are at a point where they are going to continue to slowly iterate year over year. Major changes are rare.

Every year Apple makes better iPhones than the previous year. In the case of this year, the most notable improvements are to the camera. If you have been holding on to your phone for 2-3 years, this will be a worthy upgrade.

There are four options: iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone Pro Max.

Respectively, those could be explained as New Phone (Medium), New Phone (Small), Better New Phone (Medium), Better New Phone (Big).

I can’t tell you which phone to buy but chances are the New Phone is probably good enough for your needs, and what it will really come down to is size and how ready you are to upgrade. The camera is always better on the Pro models, and I have a toddler, so I am getting that model. While some years there is a better camera in the largest sized model, this is not the case this year, so iPhone Pro 13 (non-Max) it is for me. My wife will be getting a mini, which is a really lovely phone if you can stomach the low battery life.

The most attractive thing announced yesterday was probably the new iPad mini that has the new design of the iPad Pros (with flat edges and support for the second-generation Apple Pencil). If you have room for an iPad mini in your life, there is no question, you should get it. This device looks really slick. I am still riding out my iPad Pro 12.9 inch from 2018 and plan to do so for a while, though I am curious about going to the 11-inch pro model sometime down the road. I realize I might miss the larger size for sheet music reading, but I was doing it before there was ever a 12.9-inch size, and I really miss the feeling of holding the smaller size for things like reading and watching video content on the couch. The 12.9 has very much a laptop feeling in my experience. Owning a 12.9 and a mini is tempting but it seems cumbersome to charge and keep up with two iPadOS devices.

There is also a new Apple Watch and it looks like the most boring update ever unless you have a 2+-year-old Apple Watch in which case it will be a really strong update.

I also may consider the new MagSafe wallet attachment that has Find My app integration considering I just lost my wallet at school over as recently as this past weekend.

Author: Robby Burns

METT Episode 44 – Rehearsal Tech

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Show Notes:

Guest Post on Scoring Notes: Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS

#43 – iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with Paul Shimmons

Show Notes:

Guest Appearance: Passing the Baton

Check out this great Scoring Notes blog post and podcast episode about preparing music worksheets and teaching materials

iOS 15 and Safari Extensions

METT Episode #42 – Pass the Baton, with Theresa Hoover

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Sibelius for iPad, with Joe Plazak (Principal Software Engineer and Designer)

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Appearance: At Percussion Podcast

Yesterday’s iPhone Event