Alan

Whether or not anyone agrees, this reminds me of the Soul Caliber III soundtrack WAY too much... Either way it is great music! EDIT: I LOVE the Chinese Fiddle at 4:40!

P J- That was DEFINITELY the recording! Now that I hear that I am certain that it was the recording. I think that is what it was. And as for the doubling, I don't really have much. I have harmonies that follow it, and the Strings and WW's are holding chords (minus the motif). By looking at the score it looks quite full, so I'm just about certain that the problem is in the recording. I SUPPOSE I could master it with Adobe... ;) Thanks for the comments! Alan

Loochadore, Welcome to YC first off! There are a few ways to remove the hit mark you placed. The first thing you can do is simply hit UNDO in order to get rid of it. The way it says in Sibelius Reference (For Sib. 4) is "If you wish to remove a hit point from the score, you can do so from Play > Video and Time > Hit Points. Select the hit point you wish to delete, then click Delete. If you wish to delete all hit points from your score, click Delete All." That should do it! Alan

Jiar- OK, I get that now. I find that rather funny since most times I am only a single section away from a full tutti. I'll take a look though. ;) Thanks for the continuing comments! Alan

Thanks for your comment Roman! I appreciate it a lot! If you could hear, I have an E-flat diminished chord, which will lead straight to my new melody in B-flat Major. As soon as I can think of it. :P Thanks for commenting as always! Alan

Actually, I don't know what you mean. I'm trying to think of what you are implying... do you mean more full as in slower and more beautiful, as oppose to the fast nature of the section you have heard? I will try posting it on Box.net again and see if it will work better. *Screams at the thought of Box.net's upload speed* Thanks for commenting! Alan PS- LOL, a metal riff? Please; I have never written Rock, nor do I intend to. :thumbsup:

I'm glad this is getting good marks! Thanks for the comments everyone! I am going to post the next section right now, as soon as Box.net uploads my file. In the meantime, let me explain some things I have changed now. In order to accommodate the possible performance of this piece by a local Youth Orchestra, I am changing the Piano to a Marimba. On the first repeat of the melody, I have arranged the percussion to give the section the feel of a sort of "gallop." Tell me what you think! I have added some Cymbal crashes (thank heavens!), but unfortunately I still don't have a suspended cymbal sound like I want. I can't wait until I get enough money for GPO! Enough rambling. Here it is! ... I don't really like the way this recording mixed. I hope it's all right... Orchestral Piece.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage Alan Orchestral Piece1.pdf

You stole my idea!! :D I was going to write something similar to this, but I thought it would sound really weird if I did it. What this needs is less time of silence between parts. You shouldn't have more than a measure of nothing at a time with something like this. It is a neat idea for something though. Alan

I won't even try to pick at this since it is written so well! This definitely sounds like something you could imagine in a film score for a comedy. My only question is what sounds did you use? They sound great! If I had to say one specific thing, it's that I love your orchestration! :D Alan

Hm. I'm not so sure about this piece. You chord progression doesn't lead me anywhere, and sounds odd. Not only that, but you put the Horn above the Trumpet in measure 7, followed by exceeding its range in the following measure (Horn can at MOST go to an F in Concert pitch). Perhaps this should be rethought? Either that or just use this for a learning experience. Unless some chords are cleaned up, I don't think this will have a very good result. Brutally honest as always, Alan

Parke- Actually, I have played the saxophone as well, and between he Bass and Sax embrochures, there isn't much difference. The fingerings are near the same too. I would say go for it!

Sorry, but the Oboe is really not going to help you learn the Bass Clarinet. The oboe's fingerings are more similar to the Flute first off. Secondly, as you stated, the embrochure is very different. I play the Clarinet (B-flat), and have been playing for six years. Even then I have the most terrible time trying to play anything with the register key on the Bass Clarinet. I can still do just about anything possible in the "Belting" range of the instrument, though. I highly recommend that you take some time to try the B-flat Soprano Clarinet before playing the bass, though I do not know if it will be easier or not.

OK, I think I see what you're saying. I think my teacher said about the same things too. I'll see if there's anything I can do. Thanks! Alan EDIT- [REMOVED]

HOLY CRAP! I'm a judge!! I'll get to work on this right now!!

Aha! Thank you rauta! I will correct that immediately.

Hey Ken! I agree totally with Dead Chicken. Those things stuck out to me as well. What sounds did you use for this? It sounds amazing!

Thanks for commenting Christopher! What exactly do mean by "[they] jump out like small vicious animals?" Do you mean the the progression of chords isn't smooth? I don't quite understand. I'm glad you liked it, at least I think that's what you meant. :P Alan

Hello all, This is part of an assignment for my composition teacher. I liked the result so much I thought I would post it and see if I was hallucinating. ;) As the title suggests, this is an arrangement of the said song. I was instructed to do four of these (With each vocal part on the melody), and this is my fourth of them. The objective is to do as much as I can to give the listener something new with the melody instead of the usual, breathe-on-four type of boring choir singing that so many hear... though not on this forum. ;) Please tell me if there is any issue with chords, formatting, or anything in general! *Note- I don't like the two-staff format that I have this in, but my teacher requires it of me.* America the Beautiful- Bass Melody.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage Alan America the Beautiful- Bass Melody.pdf

Thanks, Dead Chicken for commenting! Though I do hope SOMEONE can find something wrong with it. ;)

... Any comments? Any at all? I really don't care if you tell me it sucks... :blink:

Hello Papenco, and welcome to the forum! I will start by saying that I have never had this problem before, being a user of Sibelius 4. Could you tell us what version you are using? My hypothesis is that you will need to set your default sound to the one you want. It is possible that you are loading Kontakt sounds (assuming you are using Sib. 4), but the default is your MIDI sound set. Try this-- go to Play-->Playback devices, and click on Kontakt Player Options. Check and make sure that the box that says "Use Kontakt Player" is checked. I'm not sure if I helped, as I don't understand the problem entirely. Perhaps with a little bit more information, I could (or couldn't) help. ;) Alan

Once again, I volunteer my time to judge!

Enigmus, The golden rule with the Harp is that the right hand should not be written below an F below the staff. The left can go anywhere on the instrument. Basically, use your judgment. :thumbsup: As for anything wrong, I was worried about how rapid the pedal changes were, but I think a good harpist could handle it, if they don't completely rewrite it anyway. ;) If you are going to put the notes for one hand on another staff, you can use "*insert hand* Hand," or simply "RH" and "LH." I tend to use a different voice as well.

It looks alright if it is slow... If it is meant to be faster than 90 per quarter, then I would recommend against it. Otherwise, it looks fine. EDIT- I just caught your bit about the tempo. I don't think it will be easy at all...

Hello all! Here is something I wrote a little while ago upon request by my sister for some of her classmates. She requested a trio for a Violin and two Flutes (as the title goes). I wanted to write this very classically, since my sister said that the idea came across when they were talking about Classical composers. That, and I didn't have much else for an idea. :P But anyway, I will start by saying that I did not deliberately rip any composer. I simply used some of the techniques I have heard in many pieces. Here it is! Tell me what you think. Trio for Violin and Two Flutes.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage Trio for Violin and Two Flutes.pdf