Introducing A New Downloadable Music XML Template!

Hey all! I hope you have had a great week so far and a great month! I am writing this blog post introducing my new “Pianist’s Concert Band Writing Template.” What this is is an xml file of a concert band whose sections are reduced each to a grand staff (if they are pitched instruments). Un-ptiched percussion instruments are also included in the template.

This template is great for those who want to play their ideas down at the piano but want to have different parts without having so many parts on the page. For me, it’s a lot easier now when I want to write for concert band when I sit down and for instance, I see every section of the band in a chordal structure. I often see writing for band vertically rather than horizontally. My idea was one could play out each of the chorded parts of each family of instruments and then open up a new blank band score and sort of copy and paste the notes from the chords into whatever instrument staves they are best suited. It may only be me who views it this way, but here you go. I have it for $7 on the Gumroad link in the Works section or here: https://716343369701.gumroad.com/l/vphfr

Hopefully this helps!

See you all later!

Cody