Graham English Official Site » opensource http://i.grahamenglish.net Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2006-2010 http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheGrahamEnglishBlog graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English) Music 1440 graham english, ear training, songwriting tips, lifehacks, NLP, music education, GTD, peak performance I am a professional blogging musician, songwriter, recording artist, music educator, and lifehacker. I sing, plays keyboards, and explore the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I am a professional blogging musician, songwriter, recording artist, music educator, and lifehacker. I sing, plays keyboards, and explore the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. Graham English Graham English graham@grahamenglish.com No no http://i.grahamenglish.net/images/albumart/Avatar-1-144x144.jpg Graham English Official Site http://i.grahamenglish.net 144 144 Open Source Music Software & The AGNULA Project [Linux] http://i.grahamenglish.net/966/open-source-music-software-the-agnula-project-linux/ http://i.grahamenglish.net/966/open-source-music-software-the-agnula-project-linux/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:04:15 +0000 Graham English http://i.grahamenglish.net/966/open-source-music-software-the-agnula-project-linux/ The AGNULA project is trying to create the first computer system tailored specifically for musicians. Best of all, since it’s based around the open source Linux OS, it’s free!

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Ear Training Freeware For Windows

Cross Platform and Opensource






My favorite: ($100-125 and cross platform)

BTW, I found these just like I normally do, by doing a search over at and .

If you have found any of these to be useful, please post your comments.

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These days, transcribing is easy. There are many great freeware programs that will allow you to rip a song from your favorite CD and load it into an audio editor where you can define regions for quick playback or looping and even slow a section down–without changing pitch for more difficult parts.

Some of my greatest musical epiphanies occurred while transcribing and realizing, “Oh, that’s what the hell they were doing!” I strongly encourage you to put pen to paper and internalize and eternalize the music.

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Check out this extensive site put together by the Philharmonia Orchestra:

also points to where “Gary Garritan is working on realizing a completely free version of the classic Rimsky-Korsakov Principles of Orchestration…”

How cool is the culture of ?!

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And when you’ve finished writing and recording your song, send it my way for a free and constructive review. :)

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