UncleRed99

Yes, I am on Discord, quite actively as I game regularly with a group of friends. I think it would be beneficial to push for more activity on the Discord side, and possibly some alterations to the discord server itself, as it's quite plain, and not extremely active compared to this forum, as far as I can tell. I have my own discord server for myself and friends to have community for many different topics, and I feel that it may help if I could provide some suggestions regarding edits to the server that would assist in navigation, accessibility and overall more engagement if the server administrators are interested in that

I'd be happy to chat in that part of the discord. As you already know, I am a member of the server, and am more active on Discord than I am here. I assume that corner of the server is reserved for Invite only, as I don't see it on the chat list.

Here from the chat inbox. I would be interested in participating in “for fun” competitions of course! Would us, the users, be allowed to publish our own ideas for competitions, or, would I be correct in assuming that Administrators are the only ones with access to publish competitions? Here’s a suggestion; maybe there could be a poll based on similarly suggested competition categories mentioned by users here at the suggestion thread. Then participants could vote on which one they’d like to do. Also could be a separate thread made requesting users who could judge the work rather than having the same people do it each time, since I see where you mention it becomes draining. (Which, I feel I’d be safe in assuming that Peter and Henry share a similar sentiment with that as well) that way the load of judging is distributed across other members who are of good reputation in the community, and could accurately judge the works presented? @Thatguy v2.0

What's up y'all I got a request from one of my followers to transcribe "Tip of the Spear" from the Halo: Reach soundtrack. More or less just for fun. Nothing commercial or to be performed. And It's something I'm doing to better understand music all together, as an autodidact composer/arranger. I'm having trouble with writing the drumset part of the piece. If anyone can get me started in the right direction I'd highly appreciate it! I will attach the .mscz file and the audacity file I'm using as the reference material. The track is cut into different parts in audacity, with each part labeled with what the section of the sound contains. You should be able to find it relatively easily 😁 (In order to attach the files as they are meant to be used, I've compressed them into a Zip file and created a share-link via OneDrive. Should be able to access it without a login, just fine. If there's any trouble, just reply to this thread and let me know :)) Tip of the Spear.zip And for those who don't want to download the file, or don't have musescore, attached is a PDF and mp3 playback of the current progress on the transcription, to ease the access for everyone. Here is also a YouTube link to a good reference. Timestamp: 1:15 Tip of the Spear.pdf Tip of the Spear.mp3

That’s an interesting method for sure, with modulation!! lol I also have a music theory workbook en route right now because I need to touch up on my education. I did drop out in 2018 so it’s been a minute. Most of my work just comes from whatever my ear decided it to be. Mostly just improvised and unplanned from the start which I know isn’t the *best* way to go about it. Definitely missing out on some cool musical techniques by doing it that way, I’m sure. i appreciate your perspective on it though! I will most likely experiment with this piece as I have done with my others and post periodic updates on what I’ve discovered in the process. Of course feedback is always a welcomed action. Or maybe I could provide insight just based on the results. Who knows! thanks Peter

Thanks, as per usual, for your detailed feedback! In regards to the pizz. Staccatos, I was under the impression that it was acceptable to use for Cb. And Cll. Parts, but not for Viola & Violins? At least, that’s what I was taught in my year of college when doing extra curricular arrangements with the theory professor. But yall tend to be much more wise than I at this stuff 😅 I was never really strings-oriented and am mostly self taught so I’ll take that into account for sure. I was also unaware that there was a specific marking for Bartok! the “mf” for the bartok section was mostly for the playback. In hindsight I should’ve made that marking invisible to correct for its implausible use, IRL. I agree, the piano also should stick out a bit more. The sound used for the piano and for the viola come from the Spitfire LABS VST3 plugin. I can optimize it to be a bit louder in the left hand, using a hidden staff, similar as to how I achieved that in the original playback for “Remembrance”. and as far as the key change goes, I thought the use of the Neapolitan chord modulation provided a pleasantly unexpected movement in that section during the mod. To A minor. What would you suggest in that section to maybe smooth it out a bit more? I’ll admit I had trouble figuring out where to take it and how to move it more seamlessly to A minor. 😅 I’m not a modulation Guru, but have been lucky in some instances where while writing, the modulation ended up just working on its own without much effort based on what I wrote prior to it. My process is a bit unorthodox in honesty, since I’m fairly un-trained with composing, mostly working off of my own ear. thanks Peter!

I'm a year late to the conversation, but if anyone was interested in moving over to Musescore Studio 4.5, for ($Free.99), in a recent patch (The 4.5.0 update), they added a finale function that I'm sure those of you who used finale would appreciate. The old "Input by Duration" writing mode. arrow keys up/down change pitch within the scale of the selected key signature, and simply pressing 1-7 gives you all note durations and typing a number will result in writing a note at the selected pitch, as the corresponding duration to whatever number was pressed. They also included a percussion table-input method (Which can be reverted to legacy input, via the preferences menu), which allows for both midi or mouse input. Also helps if you use a touch screen laptop device, with it having larger action buttons on screen, reducing mis-inputs from the inaccuracy of using a finger tip. They don't have things like Tempo tap or anything like that (Which I wish they'd add at some point.) But whatever functions that you want to have in the software, all you need to do is submit a request via Github. The Open Source Development team is very responsive and attentive to user requests, from my experience. They've worked very hard on a software that's 100% free to use without any sort of adware or inconvenient issues, once you set it all up. They even have a sound-library store via MuseHub but their in-house VST sounds are quite natural as they are. Personally I've mixed their in-house library with both Spitfire LABS and MuseHub's Vienna Brass library. (+ a Spitfire Felt Piano sound from MuseHub as well). Some of the sounds available on their library shop, I feel, need a lot of attention, but if you ever purchase one and are not satisfied with it, the refund process is very fast and easy to complete. I don't know. I know musescore can often be overlooked simply because it's a free open source software that many amateurs use, but I've been a user since MS2, and I have to say, it's been able to do 9/10 of the things I've wanted it to do, and then some. There's plenty of tools for professional engraving, and if there isn't a tool directly available for what you want to do, there's so many properties that can be edited for each element on the page, that you can make things move where you'd like them to go. My only complaint is that the program isn't that good at correcting accidentals with the "Optimize Inharmonic Spelling" function... It will simply change them all to b / bb or # / x markings depending on the key signature of the section selected. Other than that, I don't have many gripes at all about it. I've used Finale, Trial version, a handful of times, have test run Dorico and Sibelius through my peers, and after spending a couple hours on each, I still desired to use MS4.5. Either because it feels natural after so many years of using it, or, because in my opinion, it's a better program. Either way, I stand by it.. lol

I'm late seeing this post in here, but @Alex Weidmann if you hadn't already found it, I assume you're looking to condense scores in MS4.5. Way to do that easily is to click Format > Page Settings... > Scaling > Staff Space (sp): ___ (Down for smaller staves, up for larger staves).

Here's a new score (Finally). Written for String Quintet x Piano Piano Sextet. (😉) Wrote it as a representation of how tense things are in the world nowadays. The mystery of not really knowing where things will go, from here. The rhythm / pulse throughout the piece signifies the ever-long march of time, that no one can run away from. Time that we all are limited in. The key change to A minor at the return to the motif signifies a slight feeling of hope among the tension, I feel, currently, in that I hope that things will become more bearable as time moves forward. Hope y'all enjoy this one. (I may or may not make updates to it, periodically, for the next couple weeks. Y'all know how I be at this point... lolol but I feel this one is as done as I can make it, at this moment.) The Calamity.pdf Updates: Corrected markings for bartok/pizz sections as suggested, using proper articulation marks Added hidden piano staff playing only upper staff for better clarity of the piano's melodic lines Changed sound of the violin to solo violin 2 (muse), out of preference for the more stable tone corrected dynamic markings where it was brought to my attention that they needed to be corrected due to context Removed Staccato markings in pizz. sections for Cello & Cb. Raised Master volume track due to mention of the MP3 playback being a tad too quiet to hear fully The Calamity.mp3 @PeterthePapercomPoser

Forgot to add, here's a couple of things that changed from the original; 1. Original main key was F# Minor - Current key is Eb Minor (1.5 steps lower to enrich the lower registers) 2. Ensured that nuances in the rhythm were more accentuated where needed (For example, at m. 108, where the motif rhythm changes to half note, half rest, then completes the phrase again, I've, rather than having only the melody instruments doing that rhythm, have made the entire ensemble follow suit) 3. completed a large amount of audio re-mastering with the playback to balance the ensemble better 4. Multiple areas have been re-done in regards to placing emphasis on melody, changing voices in harmonies, and more. Off the top of my head, that's what I remember altering in the score. I know that I did more, but can't remember every change, at this time.

I appreciate the reminder that perfection shouldn't be the goal. I often find myself going back to improve on things where I'm told that I should, when given feedback on some of my work. I went ahead and pull the files for the original score to add here as a reference, should you feel you'd like to re-visit that version, as it's no longer available on the previous post. 🙂 The_Hallowed_Knights_Journey_-_UncleRed99__Kyle_Hilton.mp3 The_Hallowed_Knights_Journey_-_UncleRed99__Kyle_Hilton.pdf

I appreciate the insight, Peter! I'll keep this in mind moving forward 🙂

The Journey.pdf I know this isn't a masterpiece, but I'm confident the improvement that's been made is a far cry from where it started. 🙂 (Disregard the random C/D Quarter Note in the Chimes near the end. Must've been a typo that got overlooked.) 27071794.mp3

@PeterthePapercomPoser @FILMSCORE @Uhor @BipolarComposer I know it's been a while. I haven't been here in a hot minute. But a lot of things were reworked with this score, should you feel the want to revisit it 🙂

@Henry Ng Tsz Kiu @Luis Hernández @Marius_ Updates to this score are live! 🙂