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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
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Working on a 5 part rondo piece These are the key areas I'm thinking of going with -- Bb -> Db -> Bb -> G (with some modal mixture from gm) -> Bb - For my modulation to Db, I took some jazz inspiration, and used my Bb in the flute melody to make an Ab9 chord (V7 in Db), and then a CT dim7 chord before landing on the tonic, but that transition could be smoother. I'm going to use that same chord as a Tritone Sub (or a bII - almost a Neopolotian 6th) to modulate to G Major. - I feel like my melody sounds too "rigid" if that makes sense; I almost always start with my harmonic progressions and after I get all that figured out is when I go back and write a melody to match or compliment it. I would appreciate your feedback - thanks in advance!
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