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Published inSep 2023
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Prof. Chris Piorkowski
Prof. Chris Piorkowski
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Prof. Chris Piorkowski

Professor Chris Piorkowski is an award-winning composer, with a Masters in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle in Australia, an MFA majoring in Music Composition for Film, TV and Multimedia from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Media Composition from Music for The Media in London, and another Diploma in Sound Engineering from the Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He has also studied Film Scoring and Orchestration at Berklee College of Music in Boston as well as Film Music Orchestration Steven Scott Smalley and Jazz Piano with Walter Norris. In his professional life, he has worked on countless projects at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles scoring over 50 projects for TBN, ShowTime, PBS, and Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek).
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Reviewing marker positions

In this section, we will review the marker positions and the meaning of the numbers, to determine their precise location in relation to the bar and beat positions. Understanding the position numbers of the markers will help to know exactly where they fall on the beat grid.

To see the marker positions, first, go to the Marker window, click on the marker name plate, and drag it to the Arrange window. The floating Marker window will show the bar and beat positions for every marker listed.

Figure 7.12: Position markers and SMPTE locked markers windows

Figure 7.12: Position markers and SMPTE locked markers windows

Next, we will review two adjacent marker positions and where they fall in relationship to the beginning of a bar. After understanding the marker positions, we can then determine how far away the marker is from the downbeat of a bar.

In Figure 7.13, we can see that the first marker starts at the 1 1 1 1 position, and the second marker is located at bar 2, beat 2, division 2, tick...

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Prof. Chris Piorkowski

Professor Chris Piorkowski is an award-winning composer, with a Masters in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle in Australia, an MFA majoring in Music Composition for Film, TV and Multimedia from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Media Composition from Music for The Media in London, and another Diploma in Sound Engineering from the Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He has also studied Film Scoring and Orchestration at Berklee College of Music in Boston as well as Film Music Orchestration Steven Scott Smalley and Jazz Piano with Walter Norris. In his professional life, he has worked on countless projects at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles scoring over 50 projects for TBN, ShowTime, PBS, and Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek).
Read more about Prof. Chris Piorkowski