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"Writer's Block" Fanfare - For Brass Quintet
UncleRed99 replied to UncleRed99's topic in Chamber Music
I thought so too! Musescore did that automatically, and any time I tried to change it, it just inputted the eighth triplet on its own (???) I guess maybe that measure is corrupted in the file and somehow the program didn't catch it? I'll try to do somethin' about it, again, at some point lol Thanks for pointing that out to me, confirming that suspicion lol! But I suppose it's easy for me with brass quintet music because I was a trumpet player for the better part of 11 years. I understand intimately, the timbre, range, and capabilities of a trumpet, and the other instruments in the brass family as well. Trumpet came naturally to me, as well, once I picked it up. LOVE me some brass ❤️ -
"Writer's Block" Fanfare - For Brass Quintet
UncleRed99 replied to UncleRed99's topic in Chamber Music
I concur 🙂 Thank you for the feedback -
Here's another one for y'all. I wrote this one earlier this year, while I was getting my bearings with composing again. I started with Brass Quintets and other small ensembles, just to get the hang of it, and because c'mon.. Who doesn't like a brass quintet?! As the name implies, I ran out of ideas much earlier than I wanted to. The music on the page was demanding to be what it wanted to be, so, I caved in and just slapped in a resolution to what was already there, and this was the results. Let me know what you guys think 🙂 WB Fanfare.mp3 Writer's Block Fanfare.pdf
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Man, I appreciate the effort and time you put into providing some very helpful feedback. In response to your suggestion, I'll say, I've always had a hard time sticking to a road map or preset plan of attack... I'm unmedicated and have ADHD, mixed type, and have struggled with being linear and methodical for most of my life. That said, I always try to keep in mind what the listener will experience in my works. But as you know, us musicians can tend to get writer's bias when listening back to our own music. I find that getting feedback like yours tends to be the most helpful in my self-taught composing path that I've found myself hobbying in. I miss, at times, being a full time musician myself, but I take what I can get, and give what I can give to the world of musicianship. I will keep in mind what you've said moving forward with writing new pieces in the future 🙂 Thanks again for taking the time to write your reply, and especially for taking the time to listen through this whole piece. It means a lot! 🙂
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Thank you for taking the extensive time to look it over, for me. I'm glad that you could enjoy that 🙂 Do you maybe have any suggestions for the last 10-20 measures, for what I might add into it? It feels... lacking, there to me.
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original composition Journey - Epic Orchestra
UncleRed99 replied to Finn-Christopher's topic in Orchestral and Large Ensemble
you have to click "insert" after uploading it or it will not appear for us, only you. sounds very nice, though. -
BEFORE you click away... hear me out. 😅 I know what seems like the same piece was posted, not so long ago. Well... This is no longer the same piece. As mentioned, an orchestra group in my area may be playing this. They suggested I make some changes to the length and voicings throughout the composition. This is the version where I have done so. Although, the ending is quite bland... I'm not too sure what to do there, for some reason, but nonetheless, it is technically a completed piece. If Anyone has some suggestions to that regard, I'm all ears, but the rest of this composition is otherwise completed! Let me know what y'all think 🙂 See the MuseScore Post, Here. Long Arctic Night (Suite).pdf Long Arctic Night (Suite).mp3
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Alright, try it now. New PDF and MP3 have been uploaded, and, as of now, work, on my end through the post's player.
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Oh, man, I checked after uploading, myself! plays all through the whole thing fur me... lemme do something then. standby.
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Moment Musical in F-sharp minor
UncleRed99 replied to bkho's topic in Incomplete Works; Writer's Block and Suggestions
Personally, I think this is very well done, albeit short, it's got a good technicality to it, that could be used as a skill-check or audition piece for a pianist! Reading through this, and being an intermediate - amateur piano-player (I dare not call myself a pianist... lol I only know piano well enough to teach a grade school child how to read hot cross buns, place their hands properly, and play using both hands while reading both clefs. Other than that, my skills in piano are lacking, but I understand it, at least! lol) It appears to be very challenging, and on top of that, sounds like it would be a blast to play, once rehearsed properly. I don't see, off of a quick first-time read-through, anywhere that needs attention, from a technical stand point. I'm also an autodidact composer, so I may be overlooking some things, but all-in-all, I don't believe anyone reading this to play it would have a hard time comprehending what's written. I think you've done well 🙂 -
(Skip to 6:51 6:41 (sorry, typo.) for Movement II, if you've already reviewed "Movement I", or, the original completed work. Updates were made, in plenty for the 1st movement, however, if those who've seen it already felt like giving it another go ;] ) So, I sent just the MP3 Audio via email to a local symphony orchestra ensemble, for Shucks and Bubbles, in case maybe they'd humor me. They reviewed it, in its entirety (how nice of them :D). I already knew they'd finished score collection and rehearsal for their events happening over the next 3-4 months, and mentioned this in my message to them. But, they told me they'd Consider looking it over with the ensemble if I were to extend the music's length, and make some adjustments to the balancing and notation of the first score... So I opted to make it into a 2-part music piece... Please, if anyone is willing, I'd like to know, firstly, since I'm not educated on proper score formatting, if my format and grammar is "ok"... Not looking for perfection, but just simply want to avoid getting the single eyebrow-raise whenever they look at my actual score XD. and Lastly, I'm not entirely too sure how to proceed with the second movement. It's cut off right where I lost momentum, essentially. I also haven't completed filling out some of the voicings in some of the phrases nearing the end of the score, but have already fleshed out some ideas 🙂 see complete score in the orchestra forum!
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Here's a short compiled list of the main concerns of your piece here, my friend. I concur with my peers, here. While it's clear the sort of theme you're aiming for, It always helps to step back and think about "who's going to be playing this? Will they be able to rehearse it and play it without too much difficulty? What might it sound like on stage? What areas might a player experience fatigue?" Among many other performance related questions, that you should ask yourself before finalizing a work. I can picture a man in a Twin-Tailcoat Tuxedo, and bloused french cuffed under-shirt, with hair down to his shoulders, playing that piano part with strands of hair sticking to his forehead from the sweat, and raising himself up off the bench due to the fervor being used to pull off a feat such as what's been written! 🤣 It's awesome! But much like most anyone's work, there's areas to improve upon 🙂 Keep doing it, dude! And keep writing imperfect scores with mistakes all around. You learn well that way
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collaborative 災害後 Saigai Go (Reprise) - by Kyle H. & Edin K.
UncleRed99 posted a topic in Chamber Music
Saigai Go.pdf Sg.mp3 This is a piece that was originally Edin's Piano solo composition. With his direct approval, I wanted to give it some color, and this is what I came up with 🙂 It may be rough around the edges in terms of its grammatical correctness, as I wrote this one some months ago, as I were re-learning things in the music theory realm of things. Go easy on meh I was rusteh xD -
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I did so without intent! lol and I just ripped the mp3 file direct from musescore. I did alter some dynamic markings and did a little tweaking of instrument volumes! so that means i solved the balancing issues that I noticed during the last edit. And If they approve doing this for me, I certainly will!!
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hmm. I hadn't heard that one before ! I'm not a professional, so that's probably correct. My logic was to mark all sections of the piece, under their own "parent" section letter. I'll look at shifting those around more properly. thanks for pointing that out!
