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Enharmonics in a fugue... When it comes to complex counterpoint there are occasions where the immediate vertical harmonic sonority suggests one enharmonic placement… Started by Thomas Green	3	Nov. 3, 2008 Reply by Marius Amado-Alves
Best VST for Rock / Heavy Guitar Dear friends, I am looking for a good VST for emulating a great rock guitar, with both clean and distortion effects Any sugestion would be… Started by Mike	4	Nov. 2, 2008 Reply by Sonaljit
Analysis of Orchestration: Question Hey all, My trombone instructor recently let me borrow Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe scores. We do tons of theo… Started by Britt	33	Oct. 27, 2008 Reply by Simon Godden
Scores for advanced orchestration study Hi all. I will teach a small seminar course called advanced orchestration this fall. The students are all undergraduate music majors, mostl… Started by Tim Thompson	16	Oct. 26, 2008 Reply by Tim Thompson
Flutter tonguing for French Horn Last time I started a discussion here it turned into a bit of a battle ground so hopefully this one won't be so contentious but will illici… Started by pete whitfield	2	Oct. 23, 2008 Reply by pete whitfield
Steve Reich? Anybody heard of him? I have been listening to him lately and while I agree with many that he is one of the more innovative composers, some of his works are just… Started by Stephen Barry	7	Oct. 9, 2008 Reply by Stephan Dyson
Dynamics in Percussion (Evelyn Glennie) Check this out. The necessary use of dynamics on each instrument and section have been a failing of mine when rendering pieces with virtual… Started by Ray Kemp	2	Sep. 29, 2008 Reply by Ray Kemp
Websites which help break down orchestral scores/composition Hi Guys, I was just wondering, does anyone know of any websites which provide detailed information on well know scores or compostions? I s… Started by neil martin	10	Sep. 23, 2008 Reply by Simon Godden
Inspiration I'm listening to this free podcast - it's called the composer's notebook. It has a lot of great ideas for organizing you thoughts and inspi… Started by Britt	6	Sep. 2, 2008 Reply by Patrik Ohlsson
Where to go from here My school doesn't offer much in the way of undergraduate composition classes, so besides my classes in Jazz, music theory, and ear training… Started by GKjohns	4	Jun. 13, 2008 Reply by Matthew Gough