Frans Absil

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• About (Biography) - Biografie/Introductie (Nederlands)
• Compositions (Table with overview, detailed notes and score excerpts)
• Arrangements (Table with overview, detailed notes and score excerpts)
• Audio archive (Various categories of audio demo files in MP3 format)
• Document archive (Free e-books, documents and other information)
  • Musician Toolbox and HTML documents
    • Pitch, Time Delay and Frequency GUI
    • Symmetrical Twelve-Tone series GUI
    • String Natural Harmonics GUI
    • Film Music Tempo Calculation Tool GUI
    • Musical Note and Sequencer Tick Timing Tool GUI
    • Band music pricelist | Shop
    • Prijslijst bladmuziek voor harmonie en fanfare (in Dutch)
    • A guide to the music for fanfare and concert band
    • Een toelichting bij de blaasmuziek (in Dutch)
    • List of Instrument Names and Orchestral Terms
    • Tempo indications and metronome markings
    • Tone series forms GUI
    • Harp pedal settings GUI
    • Pitch Class Set GUI
  • E-books and PDF documents
    • MIDI Keyboard and Controller to Sound Mapping (article, 29 pp.)
    • Harmony: Two Layers in Perfect Fifths (article, 8 pp.)
    • Tonal Counterpoint Examples (HTML and pdf booklets)
    • Range of Musical Instruments (diagram, 1 p.)
    • Studio Orchestra Seating (article, 6 pp.)
    • Hybrid 5- and 4-Part Harmony (article, 18 pp.)
    • Musical Analysis: Visiting the Great Composers (e-book, 111 pp.)
    • Twelve-tone chords (article, 7 pp.)
    • Counterpoint styles (article, 4 pp.)
    • Guide to The Theory of Rhythm (e-book, 30 pp.)
    • Arranging by Examples (e-book, 79 pp.)
    • String Fingering Diagrams (article and diagrams, 5 pp.)
    • String Section Size in Popular Music Recordings (article, 3 pp.)
    • Latin Music for Fanfare and Concert Band (article, 7 pp.)
    • Swing Music for Fanfare and Concert Band (article, 4 pp.)
    • Rhythmic Precision in Swing Music (musical score, 2 pp.)
    • Vocal Range: an Overview (diagram, 2 pp.)
    • Pitch-Class Set Diagrams (article and diagrams, 4 pp.)
    • Manuscript paper 2 staves (staff systems, 1 p.)
    • Manuscript paper 4 staves (staff systems, 1 p.)
  • Weblogs and Interviews (partly in Dutch)
    • Metropole Orkest weblog (concert and rehearsal reviews)
      2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007
    • Metro Friends composer/arranger/conductor interviews with:
      Martin Fondse, Franck van der Heijden, Bob Zimmerman,
      Jules Buckley, Sebastiaan Koolhoven, Vince Mendoza,
      Vellu Halkosalmi
    • Metropole Orkest musician interviews with:
      Arlia de Ruiter / Merijn Rombout (violins), Mieke Honingh (viola),
      Bastiaan van der Werf (cello), Erik Winkelmann (contrabass),
      Joke Schonewille (harp), Leo Janssen (saxophone),
      Eddy Koopman (percussion section)
    • Metro Friends interview with Professor Walter van de Leur (jazz)
    • An overview of the Harenkarstival 2008 Project (in English)
    • Een overzicht van het Harenkarstival 2008 Project (in Dutch)
  • The MP3 audio excerpts library
    • Band Music (Comp./arr. for fanfare and concert band)
    • Functional Music (Mood pieces for film and commercials)
    • Other Music (Various compositions)
    • Synthesizer Music (Tunes from the late 1980s and early 1990s)
• Store (Sheet music price list)
• List of links (My personal links)
• Contact (Send e-mail)

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