Can anyone help me find sheet music to Inca Roads. Any and all info greatly
appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
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Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

Abrasha wrote:


Do you know how to repurpose MIDI data into music notation?

Michael Gula wrote:

No.

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Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

Michael Gula wrote:

Does this really result in useful results? By which I mean notating
quintuplets as multiples of 64th notes isn't exactly readable/doesn't
convey the actual intent of the composer.

Gary wrote:


A human being is sometimes needed to "clean up," interpret and modify
the notation after the computer program does its initial work.

midicad2001@yahoo.com wrote:

You can set up to 1200 ticks per beat in any sequencing package worth
its salt. Some subdivision of the beat would allow any tuplets desired.

Orlando

Hi Michael, Gary and Orlando,

Thanks a lot for your responses. A special thanks also to Mark Hawling who sent
me a few pages of sheet music via email.

All the responses are way over my head. So please let me explain why I want this.

First of, I am not a musician, nor do I play a musical instrument. I have been
a Frank Zappa fan since the early 70's.

My 14 year old son Dimitri, has been playing acoustic violin for 8 years. He
also has been playing the electric violin for about a year now. And most
recently he has picked up the guitar. He has been doing that for about 5 months
now.

He enrolled in classes with the Paul Green School of Rock Music
(http://www.schoolofrock.com/index.htm) here in San Francisco. Part of the
lessons there is that the students get to perform concerts in tribute to various
rock bands. Most recently the students of the school have performed tributes to
ACDC, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, and Queen. A
concert in tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival is coming up. All of this is
part of the regular routine at the school.

A few days ago, the director of the school announced, that he wanted the more
advanced students to audition for a Special Event (outside of the normal routine
in which everyone gets to participate). The special event will be a tribute to
the music of Frank Zappa. For the audition the students who were invited to
audition have to play the first two minutes of Inca Roads on what they consider
to be their strongest instrument. If they play more than one instrument they
get to play the first two minutes on all their instruments.

Some of you may be familiar with the movie "Rock School"
(http://www.apple.com/trailers/newma...ol/medium.html), in which the
original Paul Green School of Rock Music is documented. The most advanced
students of the school get to travel to Bad Doberan in Germany and play at the
annual Zappanale there. One of the songs they played there to great acclaim was
Inca Roads. If you did not see the movie, rent it, it's awesome, and a great
tribute to FZ.

Dimitri, who has been a FZ fan since age 6, is now very nervous about the
upcoming audition. He really wants to be part of the group that will play the
special event. He feels that with sheet music of Inca Roads he will have a
better chance of mastering the first two minutes, and do well at the audition.
The audition will be October 21. Purposely, the director did not want to give
the kids a lot of time to prepare.

So that is why I posted a request for sheet music for Inca Roads. All your kind
responses do not really help me, because I do not know how to do any of the
stuff you guys suggest. I do not know how to "repurpose MIDI data into music
notation", although I can imagine what it does. I don't know what to do with a
statement like "notating quintuplets as multiples of 64th notes". And "1200
ticks per beat in any sequencing package", makes me really nervous.

We did find an Inca Roads tab at http://www.911tabs.com. We were able to open
this after downloading and installing Power Tab Editor 1.7. This file did give
him a lot to start with. I wonder if there is other stuff available that might
be of value to him to learn and practice Inca Roads.

As before, any and all tips are warmly appreciated.

Later,

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

Abrasha wrote:


FWIW, Paul Green's request for the students to prepare quickly and
without sheet music, though daunting, is also the approach Dweezil took
when auditioning players for the Zappa Plays Zappa tour.

That being said, I would certainly let you know if there was sheet
music for this piece available, but unfortunately I don't know of any.

Pat Buzby
Chicago, IL

Abrasha wrote:


Last I checked, the sheet music for Inca Roads is not commercially
available. But various musically-minded persons, either for their own
bands or for their own amusement and edification, have endeavored to
transcribe the piece. Some have used MIDI-enabled programs and hardware
to streamline the process and error-check their results.

The standard MIDI file for Inca Roads, available for years on the old
Zappa MIDI Page and other sites, was created by Wan Kemper for his band
the Dancin' FoolZ. Except that it is lacking an ending, I doubt it could
be improved upon.

I am not familiar with the Power Tab file. I hope it is well-done. If
it used the Wan Kemper transcription as a foundation (or stole its notes
outright) it probably is.

I'd be surprised if there are not some shareware MIDI programs available
that would do a decent job of converting the file to useable notation.

mikegula@erols.com wrote:

Which is exactly why I, totally blind musician that I am, have yet to
find a notation program whose printed output could be even partially
seen and therefore controlled by me.

Orlando