Intro.
I want to use that intro. for one of my songs.
But I am bothered as to whether I had heard it somewhere before.
Can anybody tell me if he/she heard that Intro. anywhere?
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I don't hear anything.
In reply to I don't hear anything. by Jojo-Schmitz
That is a piece of the score.
There is no recording of it.
In reply to That is a piece of the score… by cedy
Bb,Eb,Ab,Db...........Key Signature
In reply to Bb,Eb,Ab,Db...........Key… by cedy
Doesn't sound familiar to me. But then I'm an old guy.
In reply to Doesn't sound familiar to me… by bobjp
I am not formally trained in music and I am not much of a player.
But I compose. I can't explain how I do it.
So where are my melodies coming from?
Are they my creations or am I pulling from my sub-conscious melodies
that existed before?
It makes me uncomfortable.
In reply to I am not formally trained in… by cedy
Don't over-think it. Just enjoy it. Some people paint, some people write stories, some people write music.
OTOH, everyone creates something. Conversation, dinner, friendship, traffic jams, etc.
In reply to That is a piece of the score… by cedy
We could hear it if you'd put it into a score and share...
In reply to We could hear it if you'd… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have posted it on condition that you help me pay if
it is proved to be somebody else's creation.
In reply to I have posted it on… by cedy
I still don't hear anything...
Share it on musescore.com and you won't be asked to pay royalties.
In reply to I still don't head anything… by Jojo-Schmitz
You still don't "head" anything?? ????
What am I not understanding?
In reply to You still don't "head"… by cedy
Typo, cotrrected now. I simply can't hear a PNG or PDF, so can't tell whether it sounds familiar, whether I heard it ever before
In reply to typo. I simply can't hear a… by Jojo-Schmitz
I "hear" you (loud and clear).
Here you go: cedy_intro.mscz
Embellished somewhat... ;-)
...but you can solo the top staff to get the gist.
In reply to I "hear" you (loud and clear… by Jm6stringer
Hmm, somehow "Westside Story" came into my mind?
In reply to Hmm, somehow "Westside Story… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ahh...
Intro to a West Side Story motif:
intro.mscz
As the OP ponders:
Are they my creations or am I pulling from my sub-conscious melodies that existed before?
In reply to Ahh... Intro to West Side… by Jm6stringer
You mean my initial gut feeling was right? I'm very surprised ;-)
In reply to Ahh... Intro to West Side… by Jm6stringer
So that piece existed before?
Can I use it or not?
In reply to Ahh... Intro to West Side… by Jm6stringer
Oops.
In reply to Ahh... Intro to West Side… by Jm6stringer
New intro.
In reply to New intro. by cedy
Still a backup file not your real score
In reply to Still a backup file not your… by Jojo-Schmitz
Between yesterday and today, I have attached files from two different place(scores and
the box that opens when one clicks on file and then open.
But I am being told that they are copies.
So where do I get the real score?
In reply to Still a backup file not your… by Jojo-Schmitz
Can I have comments on the final new intro?
In reply to Ahh... Intro to West Side… by Jm6stringer
New intro.
I do not know where to find the .mscz
In reply to New intro. I do not know… by cedy
You're on Windows? If so known extensions like mscz get hidden by a stupid and dangerous default settings of Windows.
In reply to You're on Windows? If so… by Jojo-Schmitz
Windows 10.
In reply to Windows 10. by cedy
You apparently managed to make hidden files visible (else you wpould not see those backup files, as you would not in Windows default settings), so you should be able to also disable this "hide known extension" setting.
https://musescore.org/en/node/52116 has links that explain how that is done
In reply to Windows 10. by cedy
cedy,
Are you getting these back up files from This PC/Documents/MuseScore3/Scores? If so scroll down in the scores folder to find the Compressed musescore type file. If they are not there, then one of two things is going on.
1. You not saving scores using "save as".
2. You saved them in some other location.
In reply to cedy, Are you getting these… by bobjp
Am getting them from MuseScore3/Scores.
The computer sends them there, not me.
Compressed files are there.
I use "save as" as my first attempt to save a score.
I click "save" thereafter.......until the score is finished.
In reply to Am getting them from… by cedy
Those compressed files are mscz files (in disguise I guess, hidden extension, due to being known)
In reply to Those compressed files are… by Jojo-Schmitz
Am getting a headache.
In reply to Am getting a headache. by cedy
It is not that difficult: Mircosoft in its unlimited wisdom decided it to be a good idea to hide extensions it know how to deal with. Like mscz, for which, if double clicked, it knows to start MuseScore for. Or PDF, which it'll start Adobe Reade for.
Tuns out to be a bad and even dangerous idea though, imaging a file.pdf.exe, with the .exe hidden, so it looks like a PDF document. Double click though won't open it in Adobe Reader, but instead start a program, with potential malicous code.
Fortunatly Microsoft also allows that default to get changed, see http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-show-file-extensions-i…
In reply to It is not that difficult:… by Jojo-Schmitz
What kind of file is still listed in the TYPE column. Not the extension, to be sure, but if you know what different icons mean, choosing the correct file isn't that hard. In the case of the scores folder, there's a lot less clutter that many won't use anyway. Less overall clutter may be why Microsoft went this route by default. Those of us that go a little deeper into software may not agree. But I can't think of any piece of technology, from a computer to a fishing pole, that we don't spend some time adjusting to our own needs.
In reply to What kind of file is still… by bobjp
That was snipped in Musescore/Scores.
The top one is the.mscz file?
In reply to That was snipped in… by cedy
Yes, it even shows the extension
In reply to Yes, it even shows the… by Jojo-Schmitz
What is the extension?
In reply to What is the extension? by cedy
The suffix at the end of a computer file. It comes after the period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename_extension
In reply to What is the extension? by cedy
".mscz"
In reply to ".mscz" by Jojo-Schmitz
I want to be sure here as I might have to teach somebody this one day.
Loving you-------that is the file name.
Loving you.mscz----------mscz or .mscz is the suffix/extension?
In reply to I want to be sure here as I… by cedy
Yes.
In reply to Yes. by Jojo-Schmitz
I have tried to send the real file to you.
Tell me, have you received the .mscz version?
In reply to I have tried to send the… by cedy
Yes. And to answer your initial question, and for this version, no, I don't remember having heard that intro before. That doesn't man a lot though.
In reply to Yes. And to answer your… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for "hanging out" with me.
In reply to It is not that difficult:… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry but the problem is not "Microsoft in its unlimited wisdom" at all.
The problem is the stupid design decision of MuseScore to pollute the score folder with backup files that, on top of that, are sorted alphabetically before the true files !
Several solutions were already proposed, the most obvious one being that MuseScore would use a hidden folder called something like .MuseScoreBackup , including the dot at the beginning much like git does for the repo.
In reply to Sorry but the problem is not… by frfancha
Hmmm.
In reply to Hmmm. by cedy
As per the screenshot you posted recently that is not an issue for you though. Extensions are shown for you apparently
In reply to Sorry but the problem is not… by frfancha
In Windows default settings you're not going to see those backup files, not a big deal, unless you need to restore from such a backup file.
The Microsoft problem I'm talking about is not about the backup files, but the fact that known extensions, like '.mscz' are not shown by default. Apparently not an issue for the OP though.
@cedy... You wrote:
Can anybody tell me if he/she heard that Intro. anywhere?
Especially in this case, it's best to attach a MuseScore (.mscz) file so that people can actually listen to it. A picture of musical notes cannot be "listened to". (OK... here I mean by using one's eardrums. ;-)
An audio file (even a midi) would also let people on this forum hear something - for them to be able to give you an informed answer to your question.
See my reply to Jojo and open the "cedy_intro.mscz" where you can listen to one interpretation.
You may "hear" it differently in your head (tempo, instrumentation, etc.), which is why a MuseScore (.mscz) file or an audio file is better than your "picture" of the musical notes.
To answer your question: Basically there is not enough content for you to worry about.
In reply to @cedy... You wrote: Can… by Jm6stringer
O.K.
In reply to O.K. by cedy
However, I played it on an actual instrument (gasp!) It was fine. After which I could tell I hadn't heard it before.
In reply to O.K. by cedy
@cedy...
Your intro. basically consists of 4 measures played twice. That intro. - plus the additional 50 or so bars - comprise your "song".
I wouldn't worry about (having to pay for) those first few bars - even if they appear in another piece of music.
Have you ever listened to the intros of Doo Wop music? ;-)
BTW: you attached the MuseScore backup file - .LOVING YOU.mscz, - (ends with a comma) rather than your actual (current) copy.
Compare to my file - cedy_intro.mscz - I posted above. There's no trailing comma, so it opens easily in MuseScore without having to re-name it.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/file-formats#msczcomma
In reply to Your intro. basically… by Jm6stringer
I am not comfortable with two pieces of melodies in the song.
From the first note to bar 23 and from 40 to 43.
Does anybody know those pieces of melodies?
In reply to I am not comfortable with… by cedy
So?
In reply to So? by cedy
cedy
I don't think I've heard those melodies before. But I have heard music in this style before. So.
I suggest if you are "uncomfortable", then change it. Or don't. Just Write your stuff and be done with it.
In reply to cedy I don't think I've… by bobjp
My children are going to inherit my music.
I want to leave them something that puts money into
their pockets.......not something that takes money from
their pockets.
I envisaged this forum as a huge database of musical knowledge and experience.
I thought that I would have gotten more feedback about my "concern" here.
Life goes on.
In reply to My children are going to… by cedy
To get feedback on your music, put it on musescore.com, that's what that is all about
In reply to To get feedback on your… by Jojo-Schmitz
I was driving one day and came upon a crowd in the street.
A young girl had passed out.
I volunteered/rushed her to the nearest health centre.
Doctors(plural) work there.
A doctor looked at her, still passed out, and told me to take her
to the hospital, further away.
No attempt was made to revive her.
She was alive when I reached the hospital.
I was driving another day and ran out of gas.
A gas station was about a mile away.
But I had no container in my car.
So I approached a roadside vendor for help with a container.
He did not point me in the direction of the gas station.
Instead, he gave me a small container that was full of gas.....free of charge.
"People will be different people anywhere you go."
That is the first line of one of my songs..............yuh betta beeleeve it.
In reply to I was driving one day and… by cedy
Instead, he gave me a small container that was full of gas.....free of charge.
Let's hope the roadside vendor's container was not made of styrofoam.
(Literally speaking... ;-)
In reply to Let's hope the roadside… by Jm6stringer
You are an amusing guy.
In reply to I was driving one day and… by cedy
But you didn't ask for feedback on your music. You asked if anyone had heard a few measures of your music before. If your interest in music is to make money from it, then you need to be out in the world doing that. This has always been the case. If you have something to say about life, get out there and and say it. If you post on .com a melody line with lyrics, it's not very effective to have playback be an instrument.
So, what is your end goal?
In reply to But you didn't ask for… by bobjp
But it's alright now.
You learned your lesson well.