John Hinchey https://hincheymusic.com/ Nashville Music Producer, Composer and Arranger Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:36:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hincheymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png John Hinchey https://hincheymusic.com/ 32 32 Finale to Dorico: NAVIGATING THE SHIFT https://hincheymusic.com/finale-to-dorico-navigating-the-shift/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:36:35 +0000 https://hincheymusic.com/?p=16207 Hey there! If you’re navigating the transition from Finale to Dorico after Makemusic’s recent changes, you’re not alone. Many users are feeling the challenge of learning a new software, and I’m here to help! Upcoming Course: Finale to Dorico Foundations To support you in this journey, I’m excited to announce my next “Finale to Dorico: […]

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]]> ASMAC Big Band Hang Wednesday September 25th 2024! https://hincheymusic.com/asmac-big-band-hang-wednesday-september-25th-2024/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:41:57 +0000 https://hincheymusic.com/?p=10626 Another great ASMAC Big Band hang Wednesday September 25th 2024, it’s John Fedchock! If you know him, you know he’s a world class trombone player and arranger, it’s gonna be fun! It’s free and open to all, registration link: https://asmac.org/civi/event/register/?id=54&reset=1

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]]> Finale’s Sunset and Moving Forward https://hincheymusic.com/finales-sunset-and-moving-forward/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:55:35 +0000 https://hincheymusic.com/?p=10357 On August 26th 2024 MakeMusic announced that after they are sunsetting Finale music notation software. They are no longer developing it or selling it. They will be continuing tech support for one year until August 2025. And in a surprising move to many was the announcement that MakeMusic had made an agreement with Steinberg to […]

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]]> Tips for Using Optical Music Recognition Software https://hincheymusic.com/tips-for-using-optical-music-recognition-software/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:50:13 +0000 https://hincheymusic.com/?p=3058 Optimal Music Recognition Software (OMR) apps, also known as ‘music scanning’ apps, can be a powerful tool in an arranger and music prep professional’s toolbox. Recently I did an article for my friend Philip Rothman’s Scoring Notes blog reviewing four of the leading OMR apps, PlayScore 2, ScanScore, PhotoScore Ultimate, and SmartScore 64 Professional Edition. […]

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]]> On The Road With Martina McBride https://hincheymusic.com/on-the-road-with-martina-mcbride/ https://hincheymusic.com/on-the-road-with-martina-mcbride/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:22:56 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2361 Hi all!  Yes it has been a while since I’ve posted. Good news is I do have some new Sibelius posts coming soon! But I first wanted to share some exciting news about what I’ve been doing over the past five months. In August of 2013 I was fortunate to be called to play trombone on Martina […]

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]]> https://hincheymusic.com/on-the-road-with-martina-mcbride/feed/ 5 Sibelius 7 workshop at Sweetwater Jan. 18, 2014 https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-workshop-at-sweetwater-jan-18-2014/ https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-workshop-at-sweetwater-jan-18-2014/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:36:43 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2347 Hi all just a quick note. I will be doing a free Sibelius 7 workshop at Sweetwater in Ft. Wayne Indiana saturday January 18, 2014 from 10am to noon. Topics to include: • Why put notes on paper? • Basic Sibelius concepts • Sibelius Signal flow • Keys to efficient workflow • Tips to keep […]

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]]> https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-workshop-at-sweetwater-jan-18-2014/feed/ 2 NotateMe Tips: A Great App for Handwritten Music Recognition https://hincheymusic.com/notateme-tips-a-great-app-for-handwritten-music-recognition/ https://hincheymusic.com/notateme-tips-a-great-app-for-handwritten-music-recognition/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:10:13 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2315 Do you miss the days of grabbing a pencil jotting down notes quickly on paper but you realize we live and work in a world of computer generated notation? Do you wish there was a way do both, draw notes on a staff by hand and have the notes magically appear in  Sibelius or Finale? Then this […]

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]]> https://hincheymusic.com/notateme-tips-a-great-app-for-handwritten-music-recognition/feed/ 30 Sibelius 7 Playback Tips: Tweaking ritard and accelerando lines https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-playback-tips-tweaking-ritard-and-accelerando-lines/ https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-playback-tips-tweaking-ritard-and-accelerando-lines/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 06:02:39 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2284 In my last blog post in this series Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines we looked at using the Inspector to tweak gliss lines. In this post we’ll use a very similar technique to fine tune the way ritard, accelerando and all other tempo based lines affect playback. For the rest of the post I will […]

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]]> https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-playback-tips-tweaking-ritard-and-accelerando-lines/feed/ 3 Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines https://hincheymusic.com/sibelius-7-playback-tips-tweaking-gliss-lines/ Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:57:36 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2235 This is the first in a series on tutorials on tweaking  Sibelius 7 playback. The ways to tweak playback in Sibelius 7 can go pretty deep if you really want to dig in. But there are also many simple steps you can to take to improve the playback of your scores. Meet the Inspector! In Sibelius […]

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]]> Hi It’s Me I’m Back https://hincheymusic.com/hi-its-me-im-back/ https://hincheymusic.com/hi-its-me-im-back/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2013 17:06:54 +0000 http://johnhinchey.com/?p=2236 Hi it’s me I’m back. 2013 is almost over and you may have noticed I took a hiatus from blogging. No worries all is well! I’ve been producing, arranging, and, playing trombone in addition to all the usual things people do with their lives. I’ve got some Sibelius posts planned and also posts about some […]

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