Blue Five Jive
Sierra Music Pub.
J487
Jazz Section
March 2, 2007
March 1, 2007
Troubleshooting: Post Titles
For the majority of posts, titles of posts refer to the composer, and each section of the library is organized alphabetically by name of composer.
There are a couple of intentional exceptions:
JAZZ FILES For Jazz files, the title refers largely to the name of the arranger. The name of the composer may be listed in the text of the file.
SYMPHONIC CHOIR This section is essentially vocal in nature, but has been set aside separately from the Vocal Section in the library and organized differently for various reasons mentioned in this link. While the title still indicates the composer or arranger, the order of files is not alphabetically ordered by composer, but rather alphabetically by the title of the work.
Use of the search engine can alleviate any complications due to these exceptions.
There are a couple of intentional exceptions:
JAZZ FILES For Jazz files, the title refers largely to the name of the arranger. The name of the composer may be listed in the text of the file.
SYMPHONIC CHOIR This section is essentially vocal in nature, but has been set aside separately from the Vocal Section in the library and organized differently for various reasons mentioned in this link. While the title still indicates the composer or arranger, the order of files is not alphabetically ordered by composer, but rather alphabetically by the title of the work.
Use of the search engine can alleviate any complications due to these exceptions.
Troubleshooting: Browsing
There are a few ways to browse through files:
Labels are useful in organizing music into different areas. Some labels indicate areas of the library, such as Winds, Vocal labels. Others, like Chamber Music indicate instrumentation, and others still like Baroque separate files according to compositional era.
An important thing to note is that files are uploaded by area, and not by these secondary labels. Thus, if you are browsing via a secondary categorization such as Strings, you will have to view the files by major section, i.e. the music for strings in the SBYSO section first (as it was uploaded later), followed by string music in the Symphonic section.
Simply put, areas of the library can be viewed in entirely alphabetical order. Other categorizations are still organized by area.
Click on this link for an overview of using labels.
Here are some specific complications in regards to labels:
The search engine in the upper left hand corner of any page on this website is a helpful tool not only for looking for a particular file or title, but also in searching for files in a different category (such as a specific publisher like Schirmer) which is not available in the labels. Remember that again that the files in the search results will be organized by section.
Click on this link for on overview on using the Blogger search engine.
Click on this link for some potentially tricky areas in searching for files.
Posts are archived by Blogger into months and years. This is primarily a tool for the Manager of the Arts Ensemble Library in uploading files in proper order by adjusting the time stamp of the posts. The best ways to browse would be the labels and search engine.
1. Using Labels
Labels are useful in organizing music into different areas. Some labels indicate areas of the library, such as Winds, Vocal labels. Others, like Chamber Music indicate instrumentation, and others still like Baroque separate files according to compositional era.
An important thing to note is that files are uploaded by area, and not by these secondary labels. Thus, if you are browsing via a secondary categorization such as Strings, you will have to view the files by major section, i.e. the music for strings in the SBYSO section first (as it was uploaded later), followed by string music in the Symphonic section.
Simply put, areas of the library can be viewed in entirely alphabetical order. Other categorizations are still organized by area.
Click on this link for an overview of using labels.
Here are some specific complications in regards to labels:
URTEXT as a label refers to original, unaltered material from the Symphonic and SBYSO sections only. However, chamber music may include mention of urtext within the file, if not as a label.
OVERLAPPING LABELS: Some genres/labels automatically incorporate other classifications - for example, musicals will necessarily be contemporary, and thus would be listed only under "Musical". On the other hand, music that is originally in the form of folk tunes and harmonized later on will be listed as "Traditional".
OVERLAPPING LABELS: Some genres/labels automatically incorporate other classifications - for example, musicals will necessarily be contemporary, and thus would be listed only under "Musical". On the other hand, music that is originally in the form of folk tunes and harmonized later on will be listed as "Traditional".
2. Using the Search Engine
The search engine in the upper left hand corner of any page on this website is a helpful tool not only for looking for a particular file or title, but also in searching for files in a different category (such as a specific publisher like Schirmer) which is not available in the labels. Remember that again that the files in the search results will be organized by section.
Click on this link for on overview on using the Blogger search engine.
Click on this link for some potentially tricky areas in searching for files.
3. Should I use the Archive?
Posts are archived by Blogger into months and years. This is primarily a tool for the Manager of the Arts Ensemble Library in uploading files in proper order by adjusting the time stamp of the posts. The best ways to browse would be the labels and search engine.
Troubleshooting: Finding a work
GENERALIZE YOUR SEARCH
While in most cases, specific searches yield efficient results, there are times when a generalized search can be more useful - a case in point would be files in smaller sections which may only have the surname of composers.
SPELLING OF COMPOSERS' NAMES
Out of academic authenticity, all materials, especially those in Spanish and German, are noted with appropriate diacritic symbols (though Handel is minus the umlaut, owing that the composer dropped its use in becoming an English citizen) Using the search engine should take this into account; often there should be no problems with names like Béla Bartók, however, lesser used symbols like those in Antonín Dvořák may require more a more detailed search.
Extra files with the more common spellings have been made available in order to redirect users to the files for which they are most likely to be looking.
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