We know that the Christmas build-up requires careful planning, especially for musicians. With this in mind, we want to let you know the last posting dates, office closures, and other festive news from Figurenotes HQ.
Last Order Date
Please order by noon on Tuesday 17th of December to receive UK orders before Christmas. This only applies to physical products, such as Figurenotes stickers and magnets. All digital products, such as subscriptions to Notate and the Hub, go through automatically for instant access.
Office Closures
Our offices are closing over the Christmas period. Our last office day will be Friday 20th December, returning Tuesday 7th January.
We hope all your festive concerts go well and you manage to follow it up with a lovely Christmas break.
Great news for Clarion users. You can now access Figurenotes colours and patterns within the instrument.
“Figurenotes is an incredible resource, and we’re thrilled that it’s now accessible to musicians who play Clarion. We hope this will create new opportunities for many more musicians to make music their way!”
Barry Farrimond-Chuong MBE CEO, Open Up Music
What is Clarion?
The Clarion is an innovative, accessible instrument that can be played expressively with any part of the body, including eye movement. Created by Open Up Music, it has been used within Open Orchestras and other projects for many years. Try it for free on iPad and PC. To unlock more features you can purchase Clarion Education Licences.
A Clarion pattern
BBC Ten Pieces
Excitingly, the patterns for the BBC Ten Pieces open score arrangements are already available in Figurenotes colours within the app. Clarion users can play some ridiculously fun game music in Laura Shigihara’s Grasswalk from Plants vs Zombies, as well as the mystical imaginings of Judith Weir’s Magic from Storm. To find out more about BBC Ten Pieces Figurenotes resources, see our blog explaining what is available.
How to find Figurenotes
To use Figurenotes colours within your Clarion patterns, go to Settings. You’ll find Figurenotes as an option within the Note Colours dropdown menu.
Clarion Settings
BBC Ten Pieces patterns can be found in the Library, which is shown by a folder icon. Selecting this will open options including a BBC Ten Pieces folder. You’ll find multiple patterns, with descriptions, for both pieces.
Clarion menu for BBC Ten Pieces
It is wonderful to be a part of the latest Clarion developments. Let us know if you are using Clarion and Figurenotes in your work.
