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Hi @BlackkBeethoven The first PDF file that you've uploaded doesn't seem to be working, so I have to pause the YT video to compare your score to the original piece. I think you've chosen a very difficult piano piece to orchestrate. I am assuming it was your choice to orchestrate whatever piano piece you wanted since you say you like Florence Price so much. I could say more about your choice given that you knew you only had 4 minutes to work with and the piece is over 7 minutes long - but it's too late to bother about that now. This piece is difficult to orchestrate because of the many florid fioraturas/roulades that it contains. But there are things you could do to facilitate them throughout the orchestra. First, since the fioraturas in the beginning go all the way from the very high range to the moderately low, I would have made sure to give those to the strings since they have a more homogeneous sound throughout their range. So I'm surprised to see that you have just the Flutes/Piccolo on that part - that part is very thinly scored and isn't utilizing the full body of the orchestra. If I had my way with that part I would have given it to the woodwinds and the strings doubling each other + harp. I'm guessing you don't have harp. You've retained the piano staff in this score even though the piano doesn't play anything. I don't think you should have the piano play anything in this orchestration because it would most likely serve as a crutch to fill in holes that your orchestration should fill. Speaking of holes - in measure 6 you have the trombone start the low melody but then it's not continued for some reason. You score the melody more fully without fragmentation in measures 8 - 9. Throughout this whole introduction you really underuse the strings and I think for that reason the piece doesn't sound fully scored. Those are just my first impressions of the introduction of the piece. Good luck in your final and thanks for sharing!

Hey everyone, Just survived the rough draft reading for my orchestration final… and whew, it told me exactly where the holes are 😅 Next Wednesday is the graded final reading session, and that’s it for the semester. I’ve got 4 minutes total to work with, and I want to make every second sound as full and grandiose as humanly possible. This is where you all come in: I need feedback. and LOTS of it. The thorough, measure-by-measure kind. The more detailed, the better. If you’ve got thoughts on: • Range issues (too high, too low, awkward spots, etc.) • Fullness/balance (where can it sound bigger, richer, more epic?) • Orchestration ideas (doublings, color, texture, part-writing tweaks) • Any “this feels empty, fix it like this” moments • And especially help with how to CADENCE/land the piece from where it currently is (I’ve got a strict 4-minute cutoff, so I need a strong, convincing ending) I got feedback from the players today, and these are their notes: Strings want to play more Not as full-sounding (too many breaks where someone plays something, then the next measure it completely switches -- more feathering) Sustained tones for low brass and low strings More dynamic/articulation markings Viola wants more Chord into big run at the beginning needs to be smoother and more grand - I was thinking of having more people play, then thin it out as the piece "begins." And most importantly...Florence Price is one of my favorite composers, and I want this orchestration to do her justice. I've attached the full score, a recording from the reading session, and the PDF of the original piano piece (marked with where I've reached so far) FANTASIE NEGRE.pdf Fantasie Nègre - ORCHESTRATION FINAL.pdf FANTASIE Negre (Reading Session).mp3

Of course there are those great organ sonatas, but this is like something he would have improvised in church.

Nope. Just stumbled upon it in NF and it was really good, so this thread was just me shilling someone else's work!

It is not yours, is it?

Same here!

Nice. I found a sneaky way to transfer from Bb minor to B major.

This is actually quite good. Light and mood-like which isn't normally my thing, and I might want a piece like this to be shorter, more condensed, but it's still playing, and I'm enjoying it. I'll look into these Emotudes of yours, some very good writing here!

I can tell it's good by reading the score, I'll give it a listen when I can. It's just that every time I see the thread title, it makes me think of The Knack up on stage singing "My, My, My, Sheherazade." 😁 Some of it sounds like creepy Mahler!

I think what you mean by the transition in the first theme is the D F# G# whole tone chord (one could call it an altered version of the dom.7 in A Minor with the F# being a ninth) on the last beat of m.4 , the suspended F natural in the violin, and the enharmonic modulation, the G# becoming Ab in Ab Major. A sneaky way to get from A Minor to Ab Major really fast!

For some reason, I can't seem to edit the title on the link to Noteflight from "ba" to Bagatelle. I could unpublish and republish it, but I guess "ba" will do.😃

i love the texture in this. its very subtle but it goes really well with your description! it is imaginative in a way that i could visualize the imagery. for example the gusts of winds starting on b.28 using the dynamics, or the rain on b.52. the beginning usages of harmonics to represent the clouds and the subsequent ones are also pretty cool the string writings are lovely in my opinion, in the way that you took advantage of the different individual string timbres of the quartet. those low C string cello notes are powerful and prominent, especially on b.48 where, i think, it indicates the start of the "wall of rain" section contrasting the high register notes of the preceding section and finally, im fond of the way you use the variety of dissonances and added notes, it feels very effective and not over bearing that you're drowning in a chromatic porridge Melodies Themes Motives 5 Harmony Chords Textures 9 Form Development Structure Time 10 Originality Creativity 10 Score Presentation 10 Instrumentation Orchestration Playability 7 Execution of Given Challenge 10 Taste 9 Average Score: 8.75 final note: its peak.

Hi Sam Yes message any Vocals over to personal messenger, and ill add them to the mix, youll be surprised ! But please Sam .......Nows the time to stop smoking. xxx To Finalize this Subject : The Body converts Nicotine into Acrylamide via the URINE. 1:That's why female smokers develop "Ovarian Cancer" 2: That's why male smokers develop "Prostate Cancer" The body also converts Nicotine into Formaldehyde via the Stomach & Brain which is a kind of "Burning Acid"................linked to Internal Bleeding. But don't worry..........All Hospitals have a "Cold-Storage-Mortuary" should anything go wrong , with the next operation.

Hi Everyone. this is the latest track that i have composed. The song is in malayalam language, but i was looking to get some feedback on the arrangement. The vocals are dummy and are done in Ai. they will be replaced once final lyrics are ready and vocal recording is done. Need your honest opinion on what should be improved, what could be done to elevate the track. Ranam.mp3

Hello there! Here is the latest installment of preludes, no.16. This one deals with a lot of two voice counterpoint and a relentless ramble on one theme. As a personal side note, these have been a lot of fun to write, and it's been great simultaneously writing a bunch at once. I had a sporadic burst of ideas when I started this one, and it lead to a lot of spread out writing. I guess what I'm SAYIN' is... more to come! :D Thanks for listening and reading... any comments of any kind are welcome! P.S. some of those tempo markings are to mimic rubato, dunno I suck as an editor Prelude No 16.mp3 Prelude No 16 - Score.pdf

Merci beaucoup ! Je suis ravi que cela vous plaise :)

Wow! Just wow! This is such an honour - I am out of words! Those arrangements are absolutely incredible! Sorry for the late reply, I was actually hospitalised for the last week due to some stomach complications that left me incurred with a lot of internal blood loss. As for the vocals in my version, they were actually generated using a vocal synthesizer and not my own voice - so if you wanted some authentic vocals to mix, I’ll be sure to send them once I recover. Or if you wanted to use the vocals I generated for my version, I can send that to you as well. Anyways, it is a tremendous honour. Absolutely loved the orchestration that you put forward!

This is my "Seven Sententiae for Clarinet, Op. 395". It is one of my most ambitious set of sententiae both in overall length and individual sententiae. It is also one of my greatest compositions for a monodic instrument. I hope that you enjoy listening to it and would welcome your feedback. Seven Sententiae for Clarinet, Op. 395.mp3 Seven Sententiae for Clarinet, Op. 395.pdf

On The Good Ship Lollipop Imagine being born in 1934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7ybTGzaHQ&list=RD0Q7ybTGzaHQ LOLLIPOP 1934 VERSION- - Rendition - Cover.mp3

An emotional piece with a meticulously crafted score. The multi-divisional arrangement of the string section is particularly interesting.

I do these sorts of instant composition exercises, or did a lot in the past. Find one in a drawer or box...actually, the coda was added later in Noteflight, because I only found one page! The original ending can't have been much.

I really the the transition in the first theme! I really like the rhythm too. It is interesting. The start of the second theme is beautiful. Anyways, very interesting Potpourri.

To quote myself with regard to the program I've been working on, in a conversation with Google Gemini: "...while the processing is very slow even on a fast computer, the results do not any longer sound like an interesting special effect; they sound smooth, clear, rich, and unobtrusive, which is exactly what I was trying to achieve. The program does what I consider a superior job at automated remixing. If one doesn't want to spend hours, days even, remixing a sound file by hand, this is, I think, the way to go, particularly because you're never going to get the mathematical precision of this program if you do remixing the normal way. Given that the processing is now beginning to get very slow, the results have achieved a more than adequate degree of excellence, adding more features would risk breaking the program's workings, and I am low on realistic ideas on how to improve the program, I think at this point, we can consider the project more or less done for now." All the music links in this thread have been updated with the new sound, and here are a few more links to music:

Hello! This one of my pieces with lesser compositional quality... It was a very fun piece to work with so im posting it here too, just for the sake of it. Its for organ or harpsichord, in this midi recording its for organ wich i think fits nicely with the more contrapuntal style of this piece. This is a Fantasia (Back in the renaissance and early baroque era, the genre of the fantasia was just a broad therm for anything improvisational or without a structure) wich i used a renaissance popular tune called "La Bassa Fiamenga", You can find this melody extensively on various pieces of that time, and its one of the lesser known ones. Enjoy! Fantasia sopra la Bassa Fiamenga (2).mp3