JT_Fields

Worship Aid Design (multiple Masses in one)
No that makes sense. In a perfect world with unlimited resources and time, I would make 2. It’s just a pain to make 2 - and perhaps there is something stylistic one can do to differentiate in a way that is beautiful. Thinking about different fonts, …

Comment by JT_Fields January 2025 permalink
Worship Aid Design (multiple Masses in one)
Yes, as much as possible. Right now I do not have a hymnal to supplement with (which would make this easier).

Comment by JT_Fields January 2025 permalink
Holy Family Hymn
Very nice! Lovely hymn tune

Comment by JT_Fields December 2024 permalink
Mass settings with brass
Pardon me if this is a dumb question: Is there a common practice of doubling the parts of a polyphonic setting with brass?

Comment by JT_Fields December 2024 permalink
MS-Publisher going away
I keep hearing about LaTeX but haven't really looked into it. Is there an elevator pitch for LaTeX? My understanding is that it's very open source.

Comment by JT_Fields July 2024 permalink
MS-Publisher going away
Never knew about Pages - since the office is all PC's that option isn't available. At previous jobs I used Pages and I wish I knew about the layout editor. It looks like InDesign or Affinity. But I have to start the long process of re-ma…

Comment by JT_Fields May 2024 permalink
Option Offered by USCCB for Sprinkling Rite
The Gloria thing seemed nuts to me when I first encountered it, but I think it's done a lot.

Comment by JT_Fields April 2024 permalink
Sibelius Headaches
Gosh you have all made an excellent sales pitch. I might have to try it.

Comment by JT_Fields April 2024 permalink
Sibelius Headaches
Are Dorico open time signatures good enough to make the switch? What's tricky is that when I am writing metrical music, I can generally make a tiny little sketch on paper and then do most "creating" right in Sibelius. But if I write t…

Comment by JT_Fields April 2024 permalink
I Hate Latin discussion
Coming from NYC to Minnesota, I was quite surprised that people really really REALLY hated Latin. Like, viscerally. It’s not that in NYC there weren’t the similar battles. But it wasn’t the Latin, it was the chant. Here, it’s the Latin more than the…

Comment by JT_Fields March 2024 permalink
Confirmation Before or After the Sprinkling Rite at the Easter Vigil
It seems like the outline from the English adaptation of the rite is in direct contradiction with what the Roman Missal suggests. So the prescribed order is always: Baptism, (Confirmation, if applicable), Renewal of Baptismal Promises with Sprinkli…

Comment by JT_Fields March 2024 permalink

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