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D’Addario EFT15

Acoustic Guitar Strings, flat tops, Phosphor Bronze, Extra Light

According to the label. they have a warm, semi-bright tone. A semi-flat ultra smooth surface, perfect for slide playing,…

Admira Guitars

Back in the late 1980s I was visiting a friend of mine who was a sound engineer for the BBC. We had a shared interest in Scotch malt whisky and…

iRig Blueturn

A very simple idea to deal with a very awkward problem

I’ve got my music on a tablet but I’ve got to the bottom of the first of four pages….

Roadie 3

I’ll be good, I promise, and try to avoid jokes about wind-up merchants, but I don’t promise nuffink. After all this is about a product whose whole purpose is winding…

Sibelius

This a renowned music notation software that has been widely used by composers, musicians, and educators. It’s now a subscription service so you may wish to think about that before…

AnthemScore

AnthemScore  is specialized software designed for automatic music transcription. It’s developed by Lunaverus and has been recognized for its ability to convert audio files into sheet music or guitar tabs…

Presonus Faderport 8

As soon as I saw this device it got filed in the category of “I want One of Those”. Ok, I had been looking for something like this but one…

Magnetic Pencil Holder

OK, here’s the scene. You’re playing in an orchestra, you’re at rehearsals and the conductor wants to make some changes to your score. You had a pencil on your music…

K&M Adjustable Music Stand

One thing that a lot of people make a mistake about are music stands. There are two types: cheap ones and more expensive ones. The main difference is you’ll buy…

My First Classical Book

Aimed at introducing young children to classical music with information about the composers and their works as well as instruments of the orchestra. Shame it only comes with a CD…

Story Orchestra

A great way of introducing your children to classical music. A range of well known favourites that we at PTTM listened to ourselves when we were young.

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Vox Pathfinder Amps

I was thinking recently that surely running around in South America is an animal called an Illo. After all if there is an Armoured Illo there must be one without…