Regal Procession

Here's a short song I came up with out of nowhere... This is my first song in this genre, tell me what you think o.o; Sorry, I don't have a midi for this one

PLEASE COMMENT!!!

I need comments on the orchestration, okay? Please?

EDIT: Changed it around a "bit" ... (don't comment on the minor part, please )

Pretty much done with it, just needs a bit more tweaking

Please comment on the mistakes I have

please make it mid.

Okay, I'll try to see if I can find someone who can

EDIT: I'm waiting on him to answer, so it might be a while, I'm not sure. By the way, I changed the title to "The Royal Crest."

Grrr, can't find anyone who can make it into a midi Anyhow, people have been telling me to replace the cello with a brass instrument in the baritone range (ex: euphonium, baritone, alto horn, alto trombone, Wagner tuba). Which do you recommend? The first two are more common (and they're the only ones Finale NotePad provides ), but I was told that the Wagner tuba has a nice sound quality, and the alto horn and alto trombone look appealing

Originally Posted by ajamesu

Grrr, can't find anyone who can make it into a midi Anyhow, people have been telling me to replace the cello with a brass instrument in the baritone range (ex: euphonium, baritone, alto horn, alto trombone, Wagner tuba). Which do you recommend? The first two are more common (and they're the only ones Finale NotePad provides ), but I was told that the Wagner tuba has a nice sound quality, and the alto horn and alto trombone look appealing

whatever instrument you choose it would be wise to select an instrument that is common enough to allow for at least occassional performances.
a tenor trombone might be a good choice.

forget the wagner tuba, unless you actually know someone who owns one. it's just not a common enough instrument.

Sounds good What's the range of a tenor trombone? I'll give the cello parts' higher notes to a french horn.

Originally Posted by ajamesu

Sounds good What's the range of a tenor trombone? I'll give the cello parts' higher notes to a french horn.

there's not much in your cello part that can't be played by a trombone.
you might consider reworking the 2nd horn part and the "cello" part and redividing them among a "new" horn part and a trombone.

There's one thing I'd warn you about, however. Piano and brass is not a natural mix of timbres, so it could be problematic in spots. I'd thicken the piano part a bit to compensate for the fact that the brass are likely going to overwhelm it even in the softest parts. Avoid those "single lines" in the piano part. Thicken them up with chordal tones and octave doublings. You might consider changing some of the piano part's register as well to place it in a more resonant register.

How about adding a bass trombone (derived from the piano's left hand, and some of those low cello notes) as well as a tenor trombone and then rethinking the piano part?

make it 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones... and piano.