dizzy1234

Hi, I've got two pieces I wrote and recorded recently. First is called "Guano Loco" (don't ask). I've attached the sibelius file and there's an MP3 here. I wrote it when I had writer's block on a different piece (which I still haven't finished months later :) ) and it took about 5 minutes (honest). I wrote the melody first - it's serialist in that I forced myself to use all 12 pitch classes before I was allowed to re-use one, and it goes through all 12 tones four times, but there isn't a tone row as such. I actually noticed the other day that it misses one note out in the last cycle, but that note is the tonic, which made me smile, so I left it in. After I wrote the melody I noticed that it is roughly in blues form, but with the three-beat isorhythm at bars 7-9 I decided to harmonise it in time with that with a fall through the cycle of fifths. All pretty simple stuff but I think it's quite effective. I performed it live for the first time last night with a quintet (two horns, piano - that would be me - bass, drums) and they butchered it :angry: but I also recorded it with a completely different band - the recording is here if you want to have a listen. The ending kinda falls to pieces but we only got one crack at the thing due to time pressures so we were all a bit nervous. The second piece is called "Undertow" and, again, I've attached the sib file and I've recorded it here. Again, the playing on the recording is a bit dodgy (the drummer and bass player were sight-reading, I've got no excuse :) ) but you get the idea. The name comes from the harmonic device which I use in various different guises throughout, including at the start. The bass line at the start is D,Eb,Db,E and that pattern of semi-tone, tone, minor third is used in various places with transposition (e.g. the rest of the [A] section) and inversion (e.g. at the bridge). I tried to write a counter melody for the [A] section which I'm not sure is entirely successful - when it works it's quite nice, but when it doesn't it sounds horrendous. Anyhoo, any ideas, comments, suggestions, solicitations, etc. appreciated. Nick guano_loco.sib undertow.sib

Hi, Anyone know how to change the default values for the page margins in the document setup on Sibelius? To explain, the default values on my version are 15,15,15,15, but when I print stuff out it crops the bottom of the page. If I change them (Layout>Document setup) to increase the bottom margin then it works fine, but the next time I open a file, or a part, etc. then the setting have returned to their original settings, which crops it... Any ideas? Nick