Movement for Orchestra

I'm beginning my first real orchestral piece, and here it is. lol the file sounds better in Finale than on the midi, imo. Comments would be appreciated.

smallensemblepiece.mid

smallensemblepiece.mus

I would advice you to get a pdf driver and make the score into a pdf.

I can't read your score even with Notepad 2007, so I can't comment. Sorry

I went and looked for one, and I didn't find any that were compatible with macs. :\ I liked Windows better. XD

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

yeah, um, glockenspiel goes between the brass and strings.

and your horn part is not a horn part.. written in that range it's a trumpet part.

the opening measures, your flute part will be mime at best. it won't carry well over the rest of the group.

is there any particular reason to use the contrabass instead of the cellos for the opening section? I don't see any particular advantage, either colouristic or range-wise. cellos would probably blend much better with the violas.

yeah, um, glockenspiel goes between the brass and strings.

mhm. I had to move some staves and the glockenspiel ended up where it's at. :/

As for the horn part, yeah, I wondered about range lol. Of course I could do something else with that, but would the trumpet be loud enough to be heard if it was above the horn? o.O

The flute part isn't really meant to be overly loud, unless you mean it won't really be heard at all. Actually, I'll prolly do the whole section over lol.

mhm. I had to move some staves and the glockenspiel ended up where it's at. :/

As for the horn part, yeah, I wondered about range lol. Of course I could do something else with that, but would the trumpet be loud enough to be heard if it was above the horn? o.O

The flute part isn't really meant to be overly loud, unless you mean it won't really be heard at all. Actually, I'll prolly do the whole section over lol.

the horn is inately softer than the horn. so yeah, a trumpet would be EASILY heard over the orchestra.

as for that flute part, like I said: mime.

if you want instrument ranges, check the orchestration masterclass.. it also talks about useful ranges and instrumental combinations.