Crutch For Amateur Vocalist, Hardware and software to learn music Options

[fleason]

I've got an iMac with a Gig of memory, USB, Firewire, etc. I sing in a Church choir and need help learning my part. My piano skills are worse than my sight reading skills. Yet, I need to learn and rehearse Mozart, Bach, etc.

I was hoping to find some software and hardware (keyboard) that I can either enter the score (via an editor) or play the score and adjjust tempo. Once this is entered, I need to sing the words over and over. Eventually it would be nice to add the accompanimnet. In a perfect world, it would be great if I can download the music, but entering the score is fine and being able to scan the score would be great.

I've seen some stand-alone keyboards with a little lcd display that almost solves the problem. (Display staff and notes) But I still need help getting rythm correct.

Any suggestions?

[Nolot]

Have you had a look at midifiles?

There are big chances you will find pre recorded material.
From there you could simply read these with quicktime

[fleason]

That's a good idea.

I found a site called Classical Music Archives http://www.classicalarchives.com
which had the "Hosanna to the Son of David" by Thomas Weelkes so I can be ready for this Sunday.

However, for Christmas we are doing Messa Brevis in D K 195 by Mozart. That was not at the aforementioned. Any ideas?

Also, I could use some software that would allow me to play the midis slower while I'm learning it. If I upgraded my Quicktime, could I slow the playing of midis? Or is there other software you would recommend?

[angryman]

If you have an iMac, it's more than likely that you got a program called Sound Studio with the operating system (depending on when you bought your mac)

Sound Studio allows you to import sound files and increase/decrease the pitch by resampling (like slowing down a record or tape)

Also, there are lots of free and easy to use music programs that allow you to import Midi files and slow the tempo as you wish.

Hope this helps

[Nolot]

I found a site called Classical Music Archives http://www.classicalarchives.com
which had the "Hosanna to the Son of David" by Thomas Weelkes so I can be ready for this Sunday.

However, for Christmas we are doing Messa Brevis in D K 195 by Mozart. That was not at the aforementioned. Any ideas?

Also, I could use some software that would allow me to play the midis slower while I'm learning it. If I upgraded my Quicktime, could I slow the playing of midis? Or is there other software you would recommend?

Search "Mozart midifile" in Google. you will find hundreds sites.

Here are a few Midi players found in our software section :
http://www.macmusic.org/softs/softcat.php/...ang/EN/id/7013/

There are more. Just have a good search.

Anyone uses a nice free midi player?