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Old Apr 9 2008, 9:06 AM
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Originally Posted by shockin779 View Post
It is a split part for the flutes. Not two notes at once. lol

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming please.
Then write it on individual staves.
It's not like a violin section where you expect to see a divisi after x-number of measures. If the score starts out with a single line saying "flute" then it's a single line played by a single flute.

Are you writing this for a marching band? (one of the rare places you will find unison flute writing) If so, then specify it in your score. Write "flutes", not "flute" at teh beginning. And indicate the divisi when it happens.

Or are you writing this for a flute quartet/quintet? If so, well, it's terrible quartet/quintet writing.

As a suggestion all I can say is: why don't you write something instead of making a transcription/arrangement of this piece over and over? This isn't how you're really going to learn anything about writing.

We have an orchestration masterclass started here on the forum, by the way, which might help you.
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