JMan1293

Yes, its Sibelius and thanks! I'll check our yours when I have time

I think I'll just make it flutes and first clarinet on that part and maybe have the lowered oboe. With the marching band feel, I'm not sure that was intentional but I've spent the last four years of my life around marching bands and drum corps and this is the first year since I started high school that I'm not marching in any marching band or drum corps to prepare for the move to college and I already really miss it. Its definitely a part of my life that I can't let go of so I think it's just showing through into the music I write. And that second oboe part isn't supposed to be there haha. I created the instruments before I knew what I was going to write just guessing what I'd use and I must have forgotten to take that off. Also, many of the staves have dual parts and a lot of those have many a due moments then split off and thats where I write div. on it. Should I just have double stems through everything and not worry about the a2 and div? Anyway, thanks a lot for the positive comments too!

I actually made this with my high school's highest band in mind. I realize the range on many of the instruments is extensive and it is meant to do that. Rhythmically, it is an easy piece because I wanted it to be something easy for an upper level band in case my director allows me to perform this at our spring concert which is only a few weeks away. Also, the G major is something else that will make it a little more challenging for them just to make it more interesting on the performers part. For that oboe part, I almost put it down an octave from that, but I'm not positive on an oboe's low range (I play brass instruments, not woodwind) and Sibelius turned the low C red to signify it was out of range. I didn't put the clarinets there because I don't want too many people playing that part. And thanks with the mallet staff thing, I'm not a percussionist so I have no idea what goes on down there! Anyway, thank you for everything and I'll definitely be making some minor changes from your advice. Thanks, Josh

I wrote this piece yesterday and I'd really like some feedback on it. I have yet to name it because I'm horrible at coming up with creative names. Anyway, tell me what you think about it, what I should change/do better, etc. Untitled Concert Band Piece

In a piece I'm writing, I had to change the Display to Sound IDs in playback preferences in order to get a suspended cymbal and more in-depth drum sounds. Ever since I have done so the glockenspiel only makes sound from C4 to G5 (the C below the glock staff is C6) and it sounds like the Tubular Bells. I have gone into the edit instrument dialog and changed the sounds but every metallic pitched percussion instrument sound does the same thing. I have even tried adding similar instruments like the bell lyre and metallophones but that yields the same result. Does anyone know what's happening?