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Which they are ... :)

Thanks a lot - great advice/perspective.

Who out there thinks that counterpoint should still be a regular part of someone's practice routine? Someone recently gave me a copy of Gradus Ad Parnassum and as i was flicking through it occured to me that someone with previous composing experience and a good ear doesn't really need it ... What does everyone think? Am i talking bollocks?

Wow, thanks for all the advice ... Yes i am a guitar player (have been playing solidly for just under 5 years now.) My background, however, has been primarily in (progressive) rock - so naturally i am fairly un-familiar with most classical forms (as they don't usually translate well to popular music.)

Thanks that's really helpful.

I think the most important thing you must do is identify what it is that you love so much about the music you have been playing for the past few years. Then simply working at transferring that love and devotion to composing... All other things involved in getting you to that place are mere technicalitites... -Also i think that composing sraight to manuscript will probably aid you in discovering that you already know a lot more than you're currently aware of ...

Thanks - much appreciated.

Hi. I have been thinking of writing a guitar concerto for a while now ... I have various possible sections written down and i do know that a concerto normally entails three movements. Do concertos follow any strict rules etc within these three movements though? Or is the entire structure generally considered comletely up to the composer? Thanks ...

Hello to all ... (first post) I'm a huge fan of the music of John Williams. More specifically, however, i am an even bigger fan of the immense colour and excitement he manages to convey in his orchestrations (in all honesty, i full-heartedly believe that the team of 'orchestrators' Williams has working under him act more as copyists than colourists.) For quite a while now i have been in awe of his talents/ knowledge/ wisdom/ flare/ whatever you want to call it, for composing specifically for orchestra, and i would greatly appreciate it if anyone could give me pointers as to how i am to aqquire knowledge of this standard... p.s. I am fully aware that no method of schooling/ studying of books will aid me in being inventive with my orchestrations. I would simply like to have enough confidence in my knowledge to be able to finish a single piece of music (unsuccessful as of yet.)