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You don't have to have great keyboard skills to use a keyboard in helping you compose, and if you're seriously interested in music and composition then get a one as soon as you can. Go with an 88 key keyboard; mine has 61 keys and every time I sit down to play an 88 key one I realize just how much I'm missing.

If you recycle templates sometimes it helps to remove all MIDI data as well. I have had similar problems. And if this occurs it seems there is sometimes a slight alignment issue with the dynamic mark as well. That indicates that the dynamic isn't tied to the note but to the measure. Be consistent in this. I always add dynamics to the note. That helps Human Playback to interpret as I do. If that doesnt work I add an hidden dynamic marking to the 2nd note as well, that sort of helps finale to understand what I mean and somewhat improves the imbalance. Another thing to note is the use of long notes. Human playback adds a natural decrescendo to long notes, but sometimes seems to forget to set the volume to normal when the long note is over. When I see this I often add an hidden dynamic mark to fix this. The ultimate solution is to disable Human Playback. But the result gets really square. :(

Admittedly I haven't listened to many string quartets at all being an orchestral person at heart. However, I will say that Beethoven's Gro

I can't help it, but the late Beethoven Quartet's are on another level (especially op. 131) to me. I haven't heard any other quartet, maybe even composition, that communicates so directly and so profoundly.