Our articles on the Finale, Scoring Notes, and Of Note Blogs
Importing Finale into Logic Pro X | Article on the Finale Blog
Begin by recreating your Finale session in Logic Pro X - then mix in a much more robust production environment with plugins and live recording.
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Article on the Scoring Notes Blog – Using Finale’s “Tempo Map”
We wrote an article about tempo editing issues in Finale software. It's been published on the Scoring Notes Blog, with solutions, techinques and workarounds.
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Arrangerforhire’s New Post on the Finale Blog – Aria Player in Logic Pro X
We did a how-to article, using MakeMusic's Aria Player with Finale's Human Playback as a multi bank in Logic Pro X
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New Article on the “Of Note” blog – How To Restore Finale Customizations after Upgrade
We wrote a guest post for the "Of Note" blog - "Restore Finale Customizations After Upgrade" Having upgraded from Finale
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Article on “Of Note” Blog – Getting a Good Mix In Finale
The article discusses issues, techniques and solutions getting a good mix from Garritan sample instrument libraries in Finale Notation software.
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Setting up Garritan’s Premium Libraries in Finale – on the Scoring Notes blog
Finale's Human Playback offers interpretive continuous controller and keyswitch data in order to maximize realism in playback from a sample library. Learn about solutions to common problems with setup here!
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Article on the Finale Blog – Default Files, Document Styles, and Templates: Making Finale Work Your Way
We published a guest post on the Finale Blog documenting our experience using Finale's features enabling the use of Default Files, Templates and Document Styles.
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Article on the Finale Blog – Using Finale’s Human Playback in a DAW
Our first guest post on the Finale Blog is published, describing techniques and issues in using Finale's Human Playback data in Digital Audio Workstations
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Our Articles on Arrangerforhire.com’s blog
Case Study – Arrangement and Production, “What I Love About America”
Case Study: Music arranging and production of "What I Love About America" for vocal, choir, and rhythm section.
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Case Study – Imagesongs Production Project
Case study: From solo vocal track demos to master recordings, we arranged and produced a project for Imagesong Presents.
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How to Transcribe Music
Learning how to transcribe music is an essential skill and valuable educational tool. This article shows how we do it at Arranger for Hire.
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New Site Launch – Finale Classes Online
We're pleased to announce the publication of our new site, Finale Classes Online, using Web Conferencing Technology with Screen Share.
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Finale Tempo Problems | In-Depth Article
Finale's tempo playback can be unreliable under some circumstances. We addressed known issues and solutions in an article on the Scoring Notes Blog.
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Using MainStage 3 as a Finale Output Device (Mac)
Connecting MainStage 3 to Finale adds a DAW extension to Finale, giving access to a huge palette of sounds widely used on stage and in Musical Theater
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Case Study – TV Theme
We did an arrangement for a TV theme, starting with a transcription of a demo track, arranged in Finale, and finished in Pro Tools.
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How to Mark Up a Music Score for Revision
Good Markup is essential to the revision process in music arranging. This article presents examples, potential problems and best practices in musical markup.
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See Our Work on SheetMusicPlus.com
Some of our work is available now on Sheet Music Plus - Score and Parts pdfs with "Look inside," Video links, Score previews, and full-length audio previews.
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Logic-to-Finale Transcription and Arranging Services
Need a score and parts from a Logic session? We’ll transcribe, edit and arrange as needed to create professional parts and score for live performance and recording.
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Video Release – Beyond the Sunrise
“Beyond The Sunrise” , an original composition by Jon Burr, is a ballad written for jazz Tentet featuring piano, woodwinds, and muted brass
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New Sachal Vasandani Release Features Arrangement by Jon Burr
The new Peter Drew release features an arrangement by Jon Burr of Arrangerforhire.com, sung by Sachal Vasandani
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Jon Burr’s Arrangements Performed by the MCoE Band on their Christmas Show
The MCoE Band at Ft Benning, GA commissioned 3 arrangements for their holiday show by Arranger For Hire chief arranger Jon Burr
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Case Study – Orchestral Arranging
We created an orchestral arrangment from a relatively short piano piece by extracting motivic fragments and developing them.
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Music Arranging Cost Estimator from Time and Instrumentation
If you know your desired instrumentation, and the length of your finished arrangement in min:sec, use this calculator to estimate your cost.
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New Video – “Blue in Your Face” for Big Band
"Blue In Your Face" for Big Band is a swinging Jazz composition, blues influenced with an unusual twist, drawing from Messaien's Third Mode.
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Creating a Setting for a Bass Solo
Writing a bass feature is an interesting challenge. We found a balance between feature and function in this swing composition for jazz tentet.
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New Video Release – Pianist Kim Andersson
Pianist Kim Andersson commissioned this arrangement of selections from the underscore to Pirates of the Caribbean in the style of a piano concerto with orchestra.
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Custom Music Composition
We do custom composition for film, TV, Games, ensembles of any size needing special material, lyricists needing collaboration, and our own projects.
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Live Help for Finale Software | Screen Share | Tutorial
If you're struggling to learn Finale music notation software, or are under deadline confronting an issue that has you stumped, we can help.
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Concert Band Arrangement and Composition Services
We do custom arrangements and composition commissions for Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, writing special material for commemorations or special events.
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Klezmer Version of “Nutcracker” Available
Klezmer versions of three selections from Tchaikovsky's beloved "Nutcracker Suite", commissioned by the New York Pops, is available for rental !
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Preparing Music for Broadway and Musical Theater – Advice for Composers and Songwriters
In preparing music for a Musical, get the songs notated into a scoring application such as Finale as soon as possible in the process. You'll save $$ !
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Track Sound Demos
What do our in-house tracks sound like? Here's a page with some examples created with MakeMusic's Garritan premium libraries.
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Get a Quote for Music Arranging
Preview our quotes for music arranging with our handy on-site calculators. Rates are based on bar count and estimated transcription time.
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Vocal Music Production Case Study
Here's a project we arranged and produced - the songs of Roger Frankham, performed by Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, engineered by John Kilgore in NYC.
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String Quintet Arranging Case Study
We got an interesting assignment requesting an arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner, "aria"-style, after Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" (video)
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Concert Band Arranging Case Study
We did a concert band arrangement as a commission for the Milpitas Community Concert Band, and a video of score playback, presented here.
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Our Music Arranging Work Goes Viral
This video has over a million views on Facebook after just a few days! Congratulations to pianist Kim Andersson and arranger Jon Burr for their success!
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Music Arranging, Copyright and Licensing
How do we handle copyright issues at Arranger for Hire? We are a bespoke exclusive custom arranging service. We observe
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Backing Tracks
We can create backing tracks from our arrangements, bringing our arrangements into professional recording and production software using Pro Tools or LogicX.
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Orchestral Arranging Case Study
Here's a start-to-finish look at the process of turning a customer's home recording into an arrangement for symphony orchestra - hear it and see it!
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Rates for Music Arranging and Transcription
We invite submissions in the form of digital files (mp3, jpg, .musx, .pdf, .mxl) or YouTube links, read the client’s
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Need music for an audition?
Can’t find the music anywhere? Need a transcription/arrangement or adaptation? We can certainly do this for you - but we
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Piano Transcription | Note-for-note
We do accurate note-for-note piano transcription from recorded material. Watch a score playback video with the audio source.
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Finale Training | Tutoring | Screen Share
We offer training, support and tutorial in Finale notation software. Get answers fast for your Finale frustrations!
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Another 5-star review for Arranger for Hire
Jon Burr is a fantastic professional. I had him arrange eight custom wedding songs for a string quartet and all eight were done in a timely manner and with the utmost musical care.
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Best Music Transcription Service Available
Looking for music transcription service? Hire the best! Fast, accurate, reasonable rates. (917) 861-1242
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Music Transcription Rates
Music Transcription is an art, we love to do it, and we're good at it. It's the first step for
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Orchestral Music Score Transcription
Our staff is capable of producing accurate Orchestral Music Score transcriptions from recorded material. Score Transcription Music Transcription is a
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Custom Wedding Music for String Quartet, Instruments or Voices
Custom arrangements for a wedding ceremony are our most requested service. Any song can be arranged or adapted for any combination of instruments.
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Get Bar count from Time and Tempo
Need to calculate the number of bars in a piece of recorded music? Look no further.
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Customer Review – Piano and Vocal arrangements
Another lovely Google+ review of our work came in today from our client Gary Knowles, who's a gifted composer working
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Customer Review – String Quartet
Our first Google+ review, from our customer Maïa who commissioned some transcriptions for string quartet to be performed at her
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Customer Feedback
Our customers are fantastic, and many have left reviews of our service. Read about it on our Reviews page!
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Planning a Medley for a Wedding Ceremony
We often hear the question “How do I go about planning a medley for a wedding ceremony?” Custom-arranged music communicates
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What’s different about Finale 2012?
What's different about FInale 2012? The biggest thing different about Finale 2012 is the Score Manager. The (Mac) keyboard shortcut
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What Makes a Great Music Arrangement?
A great music arrangement complements the material it supports with imaginative harmony, creative intros and endings, and complementary countermelodies.
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How do I estimate the cost of Music Production?
Use our calculator on this page to estimate the cost of music production. Many variables can be considered, with budget
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Printed Parts and Lead Sheets
Our staff creates clean parts with excellent results, leading to cost savings in rehearsal time and maximum possible performance quality.
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Custom Arrangements for any size music ensemble
At arrangerforhire.com, our staff arrangers can create custom arrangements for any size music ensemble, regardless of output format. Different formats
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Hidden Texture in Music Arranging
The subject of arranging is extremely vast and quite interesting for someone wanting to delve into the x's ond o's
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Small Ensemble Musical Arrangement Cost Estimator
Estimate the cost of having a rhythm section or small band band arrangement written using this handy small ensemble musical
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Large Ensemble Musical Arrangement Cost Estimator
Estimate the cost of having a big band or orchestral arrangement written using this handy large ensemble musical arrangement cost
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