What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Film, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Contemporary Ensembles
"Lol. Here's the correct one. - Thanks Dave.
Here's a video of Jack Thammarat, a Thai guitar player, holding bent notes. If you start from around the 3 minute mark, you'll see a bit more of what is possible, including a long hold on the final note,…"
Here's a video of Jack Thammarat, a Thai guitar player, holding bent notes. If you start from around the 3 minute mark, you'll see a bit more of what is possible, including a long hold on the final note,…"
"Funny, I've seen hammer ons and pull offs, and slides notated, but not a bend. It's not terribly common in classical music, not that I've seen. It's very common to do what you're talking about while playing electric lead, and they do hit and hold…"
"Dominic,
Classically trained guitarists would certainly understand what you have written and what you wanted, as would many others (one can also supply a legend at the beginning to avoid ambiguity if needed).
Is this for electric or acoustic? If…"
Classically trained guitarists would certainly understand what you have written and what you wanted, as would many others (one can also supply a legend at the beginning to avoid ambiguity if needed).
Is this for electric or acoustic? If…"
"If it's all sharps, it's understandable enough (assuming the player knows quarter tone notation, which probably isn't a given for guitarists).
Personally I'm leaning towards questioning the practicality of the idea, to be honest. From the little…"
Personally I'm leaning towards questioning the practicality of the idea, to be honest. From the little…"
"So would I want to renotate it all as sharps? Does what I'm trying to say to the player make sense though? If you saw that would you understand what it was I wanted you to do? Thanks."
"fretless guitar perhaps best.. but not too many players… "
"You can't really bend down, though (unless you want to do it with tuning pegs, and that's kind of insane IMO)."
"For what it's worth IMO this is what a musical analysis should be like: honest questions and honest, well informed answers. It's dialogue like this that makes such forums worthwhile....bravo to both of you!"
"The opening was quite nicely done, I think, but after that it lacked forward momentum. It felt like the themes were just repeated, where it would have been more effective to develop them much more. I didn't read through the story, so maybe I'm…"
"Thanks for pointing out those errors, my knowledge of the orchestra isn't as strong as it should be.
How did you feel about the music as a whole? Did it flow or did you find it stilted? Did you think the motifs and their development was effective…"
How did you feel about the music as a whole? Did it flow or did you find it stilted? Did you think the motifs and their development was effective…"
"A few technical things to note:
Your wind parts need to indicate how many players are to play a passage when only a single voice is written on the staff. For example, in m.1 there's a single note written for the bassoons, but there are 2 bassoons…"
Your wind parts need to indicate how many players are to play a passage when only a single voice is written on the staff. For example, in m.1 there's a single note written for the bassoons, but there are 2 bassoons…"
"This sounds like fun, count me in."
"There's much to like about these pieces, their melodies and harmonies. I also agree with many of the comments made by the others: the orchestration is a bit thick /not all instruments need to play all time (try giving the long note harmonic strings…"
"Oh, so it's actually legato slurs, not phrasing slurs.
Yes, a slurred passage indicates legato. No, you can't possibly play on a single breath or with a single bowstroke for 6 measures (or more, in some cases), like you indicate, say, in measures…"
Yes, a slurred passage indicates legato. No, you can't possibly play on a single breath or with a single bowstroke for 6 measures (or more, in some cases), like you indicate, say, in measures…"
"Thanks Tim, I've not written much for orchestra so I'm never quite certain how to approach the topic.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean Greg when you say you want me to remove the phrasing slurs, surely if you want, for instance, your…"
I'm not sure I understand what you mean Greg when you say you want me to remove the phrasing slurs, surely if you want, for instance, your…"
"Nice. There's plenty of minor adjustments you could make to clean up the score and make it look more neat / professional. Stuff like "flute" instead of "flutes", better dynamics placement, moving staves about when they collide, better bar spacing…"
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