We’ve survived Portland’s freakish 116° summer heat wave and are here to share the latest batch of new releases!

Watch some highlights below, or browse around for more info on the latest additions to the Tapspace catalog!

Spring is here: Flowers are flowering, buds are budding, shoots are shooting, and we’ve got a fresh batch of new creations ready for you!

Take a second and check out our new music for April 2021.

Texas folks! For obvious reasons, TMEA is going virtual this year. We’ve decided to forego exhibiting and have instead put extensive efforts into upping our game at tapspace.com where you’ll find us anytime! Our entire catalog is available there, and most of it is available for instant download. Also, be sure to check out the growing list of Tapspace UIL Titles.

We’re looking forward to seeing you on the Riverwalk in 2022!

For years, most of our individual parts have come in PDF format. This allows for easy printing (and RE-printing should a student, um….misplace their part). It also allows for simple tablet viewing on whichever sheet music or PDF viewer you prefer.

Back in ye olden days (a.k.a. just a few years ago), these files came on CD-ROM discs that were included with scores. Needless to say, those discs are virtually useless today since most new computers don’t have disc drives. (Quick tip: make a disco ball out of your old CDs!)

Regardless, whether you have a CD-ROM drive or just download stuff from the cloud, we provide an easy way for you to maintain access to your parts.

Below, you’ll find some of the more common scenarios we offer regarding PDF parts.

Looking to turn over a new leaf in 2021? We’ve got a boatload of new releases to help fuel those musical resolutions! Solos, duets, and ensembles for every ability level are on display in these latest releases – preview three months of new percussion music in just under 4 minutes!

The COVID pandemic is prompting solo & ensemble festivals to go virtual. We aim to help make this as simple as possible for students and teachers. Rest assured, you may continue using music from the Tapspace catalog, both quickly and legally.

As always, we offer extra scores for adjudication at reduced prices. We offer these as physical scores, or (in most cases) as watermarked downloads. Both formats assure adjudicators that you have legally purchased the required number of copies for your event.

Typically, sharing video performances of our music would require a synchronization license. We are waiving these license fees in cases where the event has been forced to go virtual for pandemic-related reasons.

Also, we have joined a collective of publishers organized by the National Federation of State High School Associations. NFHS has established helpful guidelines for assessment recordings and legal usage of sheet music.

Read the Tapspace guidelines on virtual assessment materials. These policies are specific to events occurring during the COVID pandemic in 2020-21.

As always, please be safe. We wish you a successful and inspired Winter/Spring season of music making!

By Matt Ridge
mattridgemusic.com

One of the most popular uses of Tapspace’s flagship software instrument, Virtual Drumline (VDL), is integration with notation software. This produces lifelike, real-time percussion playback for composers/arrangers directly within the compositional workflow. Setup has been made easy in Finale and Sibelius for years thanks to third party plug-and-play mapping templates, such as those produced by The Write Score.

The nerds among us have recently been excited by a newcomer in the music notation market: Dorico. This program, built from the ground up by former Sibelius employees, brings a host of revolutionary features to the table, including: automatic condensing of conductor scores, incredible flexibility in note/dynamic input, cues updated to the source material in real time, handsome engraving defaults, and much more. As a constantly-maturing program, it’s sure to attract percussion composers and marching arrangers in greater numbers over the coming years.