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    • MisterWesley
      A question about timpani's

      By MisterWesley · Posted

      Late to the thread, but in case you're still wondering, or in case anyone else is, what you're asking is possible, but with caveats and provisos too many to list here. These are called pedal accents. Samuel Barber did this in Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Wuorien in his Bassoon Variations, Carter in 8 Pieces for 4 Timpani, and John Williams in the original Star Wars main title. When it gets faster than (roughly) the Barber example, you're venturing into articulated gliss territory. (Pardon the shameless plug, but I wrote the book on scoring for timpani, which you can find in my signature below.) Check out Randy Max playing his timpani adaptation of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor to get an idea of some possibilities. But again, you have to know what you're doing to write this and you have to be certain your timpanist is up to caliber, and you have to be certain that the part can be learned within the timeframe the timpanist is certain to have. So writing something like this for a studio session where the timpanist is only now just seeing the part would be a disaster. In the John Williams case, his brother played the timpani part, so he might've know about it beforehand, and it was just a descending F mixolydian scale across three drums (which, by the way, requires the timpanist to sit rather than stand). Anyway, the Randy Max piece has a series of articulated glissandos and pedal accents. You can buy the score from him.
    • MisterWesley
      Prelude and Fugue in D minor.

      By MisterWesley · Posted

      Really good writing there! My one slight criticism is that I think it would better serve your music to use a higher quality organ sound.
    • Syrel
      The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso - Main Theme

      By Syrel · Posted

      The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso - Main Theme- New Fetchflix TV Show soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-wacky-adventures-of Luc Clouseau is the proud son of the French inspector Jacques Clouseau and his ex-wife Simone Clouseau. Having the same talent as his father for investigation, he is to police investigation what P.D.Q. Bach is to music, a total disaster. Stay tuned on Fetchflix TV during the next months and enjoy this new series called “The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso”. “This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. Ho and for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.” Music & Production: Syrel Photography: Portrait generated with DAL-E Musical note: You may recall the theme I used in the Rust & Bones - "Inspector Looso" track. However, this time I tried to use the humor and derision of John Williams and added the sarcastic tone of the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele who created the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach as well as the Gerhard Hoffnung humoristic music style.    
    • JorgeDavid
      Bagatelle in F Major for Piano

      By JorgeDavid · Posted

      Thank you so much Luis, I am really glad you liked it!  I agree that the score lacks soul. I am planning to add dynamics and markings but now since I did not compose it through the software (where I was forced to place dynamics for the midi playback to sound realistic) I am actually not even sure which markings to put that will make players perform it as would like to 😅 I will have to give it some though and add them to make the score looks better.  Thanks for commenting and I hope everything is going well with you!!
    • Luis Hernández
      Caprice for Solo Violin No. 6

      By Luis Hernández · Posted

      This capriccio has an air of ancient dance with a lot of charm. Your works are so concise and stylish.  
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