HP Choir study files, Fall 2009

Click on a MIDI icon for a song, and you will get that MIDI file for practice purposes, which contains all four parts, plus any accompaniment.  Use the midi player below to separate and slow down your own part.

Click on a record icon under the appropriate voice section, and you will get the (quite large) recording of your part for practice purposes. The other three parts plus any accompaniment appear on the other stereo channel.

 
Title Due Date MIDI Sopr. Alto Tenor Bass Other
O Tannenbaum   Fir Tree Fir Tree sopr Fir Tree alto Fir Tree tenor Fir Tree bass   
The Huron Carol   Huron Sopr Huron Alto Huron Alto Huron Bass Huron concert concert
Twelve Days After Christmas   12 Days Sops 12 Days Altos 12 Days Tens 12 Days Bass 12 Days
The Sleigh   Sleigh Sleigh sopr1 Sleigh sopr2 Sleigh alto Sleigh tenor Sleigh bass Sleigh concert concert
Mr. Grinch   Grinch sopr Grinch alto Grinch tenor Grinch bass
Musicological Journey  Sleigh Days 1–3 Sleigh Days 4–6 Sleigh Days 7–12




How to burn your own practice CD:

1. Download all your parts files to your computer. You may do this in Internet Explorer by right-clicking on each desired icon, and selecting "Save Target As..." and specifying a location. You may optionally do this with the midi files also.

2. If you don't have iTunes already, download it for free and install.

3. Open iTunes. Select File=>New Playlist. An untitled playlist appears on the bottom of the left column. Click on this new playlist, and a blank window appears to the right.

4. Drag all your parts files into this new blank window. When iTunes asks if it should convert the files to MP3, click "Convert." A small orange icon appears in the playlist area while the conversion is taking place.

5. When the conversion is finished, select File=>Burn Playlist to Disc, and follow the directions.

When you play your practice CD, your part is in the left channel, and everything else is in the right channel. At first turn the balance control all the way to the left to hear predominantly your part, and later all the way to the right to eliminate your part.

 

The best (and free!) MIDI player for music study that I have found is vanBasco’s Karaoke player.  It allows you to isolate or emphasize individual MIDI tracks, as well as vary the tempo or volume at your whim, in real time.

If you like, me with feedback.